Adam Roebuck
@thatroebuckguy.bsky.social
Shiny new vicar in the #CofE; I love God, board / computer / roleplaying games, bad puns, being autistic, coffee, bad puns, repetition, and self-referential humour. Husband of 1, dad of 2.
Well then it wouldn't be unreasonable for a French man to always wear his hat.
June 23, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Well then it wouldn't be unreasonable for a French man to always wear his hat.
An ex-girlfriend of mine taught me the 'pigeon rule' which has never failed me: A man removes his hat anywhere where he would be surprised to see a pigeon.
June 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
An ex-girlfriend of mine taught me the 'pigeon rule' which has never failed me: A man removes his hat anywhere where he would be surprised to see a pigeon.
Am I the only one who looked at that picture and immediately went, "Be Not Afraid"?
June 12, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Am I the only one who looked at that picture and immediately went, "Be Not Afraid"?
I had a children's address(!) at a Methodist church where the lay preacher told us all that evolution was a lie and the BBC were tools of the devil for teaching it to young impressionable children.
My mum actually wrote to the Circuit Superintendent and complained. It was quite something.
My mum actually wrote to the Circuit Superintendent and complained. It was quite something.
March 10, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I had a children's address(!) at a Methodist church where the lay preacher told us all that evolution was a lie and the BBC were tools of the devil for teaching it to young impressionable children.
My mum actually wrote to the Circuit Superintendent and complained. It was quite something.
My mum actually wrote to the Circuit Superintendent and complained. It was quite something.
I was in high school from 1998-2005 and I have no idea what that is. Probably for the best.
March 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I was in high school from 1998-2005 and I have no idea what that is. Probably for the best.
Wonderful! You may think I'm joking, but it's genuinely an excellent arrangement of Psalm 23 - the bass part in the "Yea though I walk..." section is incredible fun to sing.
March 6, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Wonderful! You may think I'm joking, but it's genuinely an excellent arrangement of Psalm 23 - the bass part in the "Yea though I walk..." section is incredible fun to sing.
There are absolutely mistakes, the game is premised on mistakes. I would even go so far as to say the game is *about* mistakes, and living with them.
But that means you need to live with your mistakes too, both as a character and a player. So as Stephen says, you just gotta roll with it.
But that means you need to live with your mistakes too, both as a character and a player. So as Stephen says, you just gotta roll with it.
March 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
There are absolutely mistakes, the game is premised on mistakes. I would even go so far as to say the game is *about* mistakes, and living with them.
But that means you need to live with your mistakes too, both as a character and a player. So as Stephen says, you just gotta roll with it.
But that means you need to live with your mistakes too, both as a character and a player. So as Stephen says, you just gotta roll with it.
Before you sneak off to the wilderness, please make sure to tell your friend, and please leave them a note saying where you are going, your route if you know it, and what time you are expected back by. Basic safety gear and a whistle as well please. Thank you.
March 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Before you sneak off to the wilderness, please make sure to tell your friend, and please leave them a note saying where you are going, your route if you know it, and what time you are expected back by. Basic safety gear and a whistle as well please. Thank you.
I am so lucky to have a single-parish first incumbency following on from a single-parish curacy.
March 1, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I am so lucky to have a single-parish first incumbency following on from a single-parish curacy.
Aah, you see, I came to ministry from pensions consultancy, so M3D was the only book that actually *spoke my language* at first. It also remains the only book that in any way prepared me for the sheer amount of admin there is in church leadership.
March 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Aah, you see, I came to ministry from pensions consultancy, so M3D was the only book that actually *spoke my language* at first. It also remains the only book that in any way prepared me for the sheer amount of admin there is in church leadership.
Would it help if I told you you follow the woman in question?
March 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Would it help if I told you you follow the woman in question?
If you want touching but also hilarious, you should read Fergus Butler-Gallie's memoir of curacy, 'Touching Cloth'.
March 1, 2025 at 8:59 PM
If you want touching but also hilarious, you should read Fergus Butler-Gallie's memoir of curacy, 'Touching Cloth'.
I saw you posting earlier about an essay - Ministry in Three Dimensions will be especially helpful for that because it has three chapters dedicated specifically to priesthood *as opposed to* the diaconate or the episcopate, rather than blurring priests and deacons together like most others do.
March 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I saw you posting earlier about an essay - Ministry in Three Dimensions will be especially helpful for that because it has three chapters dedicated specifically to priesthood *as opposed to* the diaconate or the episcopate, rather than blurring priests and deacons together like most others do.
I have personally read and recommend:
1: Ministry in Three Dimensions
2: Being a Priest Today
3: The Christian Priest Today
I always get the last two mixed up.
1: Ministry in Three Dimensions
2: Being a Priest Today
3: The Christian Priest Today
I always get the last two mixed up.
March 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I have personally read and recommend:
1: Ministry in Three Dimensions
2: Being a Priest Today
3: The Christian Priest Today
I always get the last two mixed up.
1: Ministry in Three Dimensions
2: Being a Priest Today
3: The Christian Priest Today
I always get the last two mixed up.
So, while I agree that one is a bit dodge, others in the series are the opposite of this: they give the largest chunk to those who do the cooking or shopping, or remember everyone's birthday - exactly the kind of household chores that women are more likely to do and less likely to be thanked for.
February 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
So, while I agree that one is a bit dodge, others in the series are the opposite of this: they give the largest chunk to those who do the cooking or shopping, or remember everyone's birthday - exactly the kind of household chores that women are more likely to do and less likely to be thanked for.
Plass's A-Z of the Church, 'Bacon Sandwiches and Salvation' is timeless, I was *born* in the '80s and still quote it on a weekly basis.
February 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Plass's A-Z of the Church, 'Bacon Sandwiches and Salvation' is timeless, I was *born* in the '80s and still quote it on a weekly basis.
This is the first really odd account I've come across - maybe I just have very low standards, or I live a very sheltered online life!
February 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This is the first really odd account I've come across - maybe I just have very low standards, or I live a very sheltered online life!
I've unfollowed but not blocked it, mainly out of morbid curiosity. Today's development is that 'she' also has a separate account for 'her' photographer, with other pictures of other women, all taken from websites online.
February 19, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I've unfollowed but not blocked it, mainly out of morbid curiosity. Today's development is that 'she' also has a separate account for 'her' photographer, with other pictures of other women, all taken from websites online.
Well I don't know, that's the mystery! @gerrarrdus.bsky.social thinks she might be trying to get clergy in trouble by putting nudes on their feeds, which would be mildly, almost cartoonishly Lawful Evil.
February 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Well I don't know, that's the mystery! @gerrarrdus.bsky.social thinks she might be trying to get clergy in trouble by putting nudes on their feeds, which would be mildly, almost cartoonishly Lawful Evil.
Or to make vicars' wives look bad? Maybe, but you'd think if that was 'her' aim, she'd choose a cover story more insalubrious than posing for a charity calendar to benefit foodbank workers.
February 19, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Or to make vicars' wives look bad? Maybe, but you'd think if that was 'her' aim, she'd choose a cover story more insalubrious than posing for a charity calendar to benefit foodbank workers.
All of which begs the question, why would someone set up a completely fake profile that follows hundreds of clergy and church organisations to get them to follow back, all to spam church Bluesky feeds with somebody else's nudes?!
I have no idea, but that's my low-stakes mystery for the day.
I have no idea, but that's my low-stakes mystery for the day.
February 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
All of which begs the question, why would someone set up a completely fake profile that follows hundreds of clergy and church organisations to get them to follow back, all to spam church Bluesky feeds with somebody else's nudes?!
I have no idea, but that's my low-stakes mystery for the day.
I have no idea, but that's my low-stakes mystery for the day.
Her profile pic is from a pin-up girl's website, the home-made cookies are stolen from Reddit, the beautiful photo of the Dorset coast is from iStock, the nudes are from a Turkish Twitter account. I even checked the National Register of Clergy and there are no vicars with her surname in her area.
February 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Her profile pic is from a pin-up girl's website, the home-made cookies are stolen from Reddit, the beautiful photo of the Dorset coast is from iStock, the nudes are from a Turkish Twitter account. I even checked the National Register of Clergy and there are no vicars with her surname in her area.
Except she leaves the post up for a few hours and then deletes it, only to then put exactly the same post - identical down to the typos - up again, maybe an hour later, maybe a day later. Confused about why someone would do this, I did some Googling... and discovered that she is entirely fake.
February 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Except she leaves the post up for a few hours and then deletes it, only to then put exactly the same post - identical down to the typos - up again, maybe an hour later, maybe a day later. Confused about why someone would do this, I did some Googling... and discovered that she is entirely fake.
Thinking nothing of it, I followed back, and then discovered that every couple of days this woman shares a picture of herself naked - sometimes her bottom, sometimes her bare breasts - with a spiel about posing for a charity calendar to benefit foodbank workers. Odd, but more power to her, I guess.
February 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Thinking nothing of it, I followed back, and then discovered that every couple of days this woman shares a picture of herself naked - sometimes her bottom, sometimes her bare breasts - with a spiel about posing for a charity calendar to benefit foodbank workers. Odd, but more power to her, I guess.