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Ann Barlow
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Enjoying retirement in West Wales. Lay Reader in St David’s diocese. Ailgydio mewn Cymreictod.
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unherd.com/2024/11/burn...
Thought provoking article from Giles Fraser
Burn down the Church Machine
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November 23, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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St Cecilia in stained glass at Llanfihangel Genau’r Glyn
Stained glass window with St Cecilia and St Francis
November 22, 2024 at 4:33 PM
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I'm not really here, but this is so important that I wanted to share it right away. DRUK have recently changed our position on assisted dying, from a neutral position to opposing the upcoming bill. CEO Kamran Mallick explains our reasons in this letter published in the Times today.
disrightsuk.bsky.social Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · Nov 20
Our statement was published in @thetimes.com today in opposition to the upcoming assisted dying bill.

'We know from bitter experience that words and laws do not always add up to protecting Disabled people.'

Read it in full here: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Although there is talk of the robustness of checks and balances in the assisted dying bill to prevent Disabled people being coerced, as a leading organisation for Disabled people in Britain we know from bitter experience that words and laws do not always add up to protecting Disabled people. This was evident during the pandemic, where we were often denied life-saving care, and where 60 per cent of all deaths from Covid were those of Disabled people, who comprise 24 per cent of the population. We have huge empathy for Disabled people who live with pain and wish to make an informed choice to have control over the end of their lives. However, given the severe inequalities for Disabled people within society, especially relating to the quality of health and independent living support, we can no longer maintain a neutral stance, and believe that upholding quality of life should be the focus of the government. Giving us dignified and equitable lives should come before putting in place ways of assisting us to die. Kamran Mallick Chief Executive, Disability Rights UK
November 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Oh, and just as a reminder, the committee that will pick the Archbishop’s successor still contains a member who is named in the Makin Report admitting knowing about the abuse decades ago. He has not resigned.
November 18, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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Wedi agor yr eglwys yn Llanfihangel Genau’r Glyn. Thanks to a rota of volunteers our church is open to visitors every day.
Open church door
November 18, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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Safeguarding Sunday tomorrow. Great to work with such a diligent and caring safeguarding team at the Church in Wales. Two recent blogposts on the absolute importance of safeguarding for Christians:

trystanowainhughes.wordpress.com/2022/06/21/w...

trystanowainhughes.wordpress.com/2024/10/28/a...
What is the theology of safeguarding? Building welcoming communities of love and grace (Ministry Blog Series – 4)
In a change from my normal blog posts, I have been sharing a number of theological papers on ministry that I have written down the years, including for the Doctrinal Commission of the Church in Wal…
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November 16, 2024 at 2:08 PM
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Presumably #Smyth’s wife thought she had to obey & submit to her husband. Because that was
*& still is*
the teaching that the #ConservativeEvangelical network promoted & promotes
’ #Complementarian ‘ = #MaleHeadship
@synod @WATCH_ACT @ChurchSociety @gafconference @ChurchTimes
November 16, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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I wrote this for Sarum on theology and stand up comedy the first of three posts www.sarum.ac.uk/standup-1/?f... #theology #standup #comedy
Stand-up: Why comedy is on my bucket list - Sarum College
Three years ago, Manon Ceridwen James went on a stand-up comedy course. Here's why she hasn't looked back.
www.sarum.ac.uk
November 16, 2024 at 4:59 AM
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Great to find @davewalker.bsky.social on this platform.
davewalker.bsky.social Dave Walker @davewalker.bsky.social · Nov 11
(11/x) Ten strategies for finding the item that isn’t in the place you 100% definitely left it.
Black and white diagram: Ten strategies for finding the item that isn’t in the place that you 100% definitely left it. Captions: Recheck the place you left it. And again. Down the back of the sofa? Question whoever ‘tidied it up’. Yesterday’s coat? ‘Misc’ pile? A different ‘misc’ pile? Look in the bin. See if anyone saw the shifty individual who clearly broke in just to move it. Final pic: aliens stealing it: ‘Ooh - we’re having that’. How do we get in touch with the aliens?
November 15, 2024 at 7:26 AM
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(1/x) Realised I’ve not posted my Household Problems diagrams here. Summary: It’s a webcomic about domestic incompetence. Will post them gradually here over coming days / weeks. You can get the newest ones (and lots more) via my newsletter: diagramclub.substack.com
September 15, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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Cobwebs in the gorse on my morning walk today
Cobweb and gorse flowers
November 14, 2024 at 4:20 PM