Dom Wright
@wrightdom.bsky.social
Team Rector of 8 incredible Saxon, Norman and medieval churches in Bucks- Wing, Stewkley, Soulbury, Cublington, Aston Abbotts, Wingrave, Mentmore & Cheddington. Recent cycle pilgrimage through Jordan, Türkiye and India. https://youtu.be/LS32XqliozY
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No inside information, but all the papers have run a story about it over the last 24 hours and the Labour Conference is over so I predict that today they will announce the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury…
October 2, 2025 at 6:38 AM
No inside information, but all the papers have run a story about it over the last 24 hours and the Labour Conference is over so I predict that today they will announce the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury…
Almost mystical experience as I was walking home from PCC last night. It’d been a hard work but productive meeting which overran despite my best efforts. Walking home in the dark through my village behind an older member, looking at him, I felt was in the company of the one of the original Apostles.
September 5, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Almost mystical experience as I was walking home from PCC last night. It’d been a hard work but productive meeting which overran despite my best efforts. Walking home in the dark through my village behind an older member, looking at him, I felt was in the company of the one of the original Apostles.
Just streamed first episode of BBC’s King & Conquerer. Disappointing: Cinematography about the level of Maid Marian and her Merry Men, script clunky. The only thing I liked were the Icelandic ponies. Was this a historical nod to the Norman’s viking roots? No apparently it was just filmed in Iceland.
August 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just streamed first episode of BBC’s King & Conquerer. Disappointing: Cinematography about the level of Maid Marian and her Merry Men, script clunky. The only thing I liked were the Icelandic ponies. Was this a historical nod to the Norman’s viking roots? No apparently it was just filmed in Iceland.
I probably wouldn’t have chosen to visit here had I been in charge of the itinerary. But this was deeply thought provoking and I’m glad I visited
August 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I probably wouldn’t have chosen to visit here had I been in charge of the itinerary. But this was deeply thought provoking and I’m glad I visited
Inspirational visit to Corrie Ten Boom’s shop in Haarlem. Her story was amplified by the Billy Graham Association but I can’t help thinking she would have had a a very sharp rebuke for them today.
August 28, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Inspirational visit to Corrie Ten Boom’s shop in Haarlem. Her story was amplified by the Billy Graham Association but I can’t help thinking she would have had a a very sharp rebuke for them today.
Today I learned that the name Amsterdam comes from the dam built around the river Amstel in around 1270 and that the canals were a 17th century plan to expand the rapidly growing city
August 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Today I learned that the name Amsterdam comes from the dam built around the river Amstel in around 1270 and that the canals were a 17th century plan to expand the rapidly growing city
What the Vikings would have seen when invading Northumberland (not my wife obviously). On the ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam. Scenic voyage down the coast before turning port side across the North Sea around York.
August 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
What the Vikings would have seen when invading Northumberland (not my wife obviously). On the ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam. Scenic voyage down the coast before turning port side across the North Sea around York.
Trying to imagine the conversation between James I and his stonemason when speccing out the tomb for his mother Mary Queen of Scots at Westminster Abbey. “Yes I’d like a red lion, on the body of a naked man, with a golden cross to cover his Crown Jewels!”
June 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Trying to imagine the conversation between James I and his stonemason when speccing out the tomb for his mother Mary Queen of Scots at Westminster Abbey. “Yes I’d like a red lion, on the body of a naked man, with a golden cross to cover his Crown Jewels!”
Does Gobeklitepe count? They are the oldest megaliths in the world and predate the Agricultural Revolution. #StandingStoneSunday
June 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Does Gobeklitepe count? They are the oldest megaliths in the world and predate the Agricultural Revolution. #StandingStoneSunday
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Walter Brueggemann has died
Walter Brueggemann: In Memory
Walter Brueggemann passed away peacefully on June 5, 2025, at the age of 92. He is survived by his wife, Tia, his sons, James and John, and their families. To read his online biography, click here.…
www.walterbrueggemann.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Walter Brueggemann has died
Having watched the film I’m confused! Should the word conclave be used with a definite or indefinite article? Do we call it A conclave, THE conclave, or simply Conclave?
April 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Having watched the film I’m confused! Should the word conclave be used with a definite or indefinite article? Do we call it A conclave, THE conclave, or simply Conclave?
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Trans people in the UK can still use the toilets that match their gender. Yes, even after the Supreme Court ruling. Here's why:
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Toilet Hysteria Isn’t Law: Why Trans People in the UK Can Still Pee in Peace - Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective
(Yes, Even After the Supreme Court Ruling) Let’s clear something up before another MP starts frothing at the mouth on GB News: in the UK, there is still no law that stops transgender people from…
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April 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Trans people in the UK can still use the toilets that match their gender. Yes, even after the Supreme Court ruling. Here's why:
tacc.org.uk/2025/04/23/t...
tacc.org.uk/2025/04/23/t...
Oh my goodness. I don’t know if I’ll ever love a pope as much as I loved Pope Francis.
April 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oh my goodness. I don’t know if I’ll ever love a pope as much as I loved Pope Francis.
What a time to have mislaid my Common Worship Times & Seasons! It will be in one of my eight churches.
April 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
What a time to have mislaid my Common Worship Times & Seasons! It will be in one of my eight churches.
Found my Benefice Patron - Revd Dr Jonny Torrance - at our Chrism Mass at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford this morning…
April 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Found my Benefice Patron - Revd Dr Jonny Torrance - at our Chrism Mass at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford this morning…
Albino joey on my morning run today…
April 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Albino joey on my morning run today…
Enjoining the build up to the boat race! Moving piece by Steve Batchel about the UK river pollution Brexit scandal.
April 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Enjoining the build up to the boat race! Moving piece by Steve Batchel about the UK river pollution Brexit scandal.
My Palm Sunday stole which I bought from a Palestinian shop in The Old City in Jerusalem in 2014. It’s hard to imagine when would be an appropriate time to visit Jerusalem again.
April 13, 2025 at 11:03 AM
My Palm Sunday stole which I bought from a Palestinian shop in The Old City in Jerusalem in 2014. It’s hard to imagine when would be an appropriate time to visit Jerusalem again.
This is the view out of my bedroom window right now. If I was Claude Monet I’d get out there and paint it because the depths and the colours change by the minute. But I’m not Claude Monet. I’m a time-pressed vicar. So you’ll have to make do with this photo that doesn’t really capture it.
April 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
This is the view out of my bedroom window right now. If I was Claude Monet I’d get out there and paint it because the depths and the colours change by the minute. But I’m not Claude Monet. I’m a time-pressed vicar. So you’ll have to make do with this photo that doesn’t really capture it.
A conversation after a funeral I took today has prompted me to purchase a book called Islamesque by Diana Darke. Was my Norman church in Stewkley built by Muslim masons shipped over by the Normans from their Sicily? I’ll let you know!
April 9, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A conversation after a funeral I took today has prompted me to purchase a book called Islamesque by Diana Darke. Was my Norman church in Stewkley built by Muslim masons shipped over by the Normans from their Sicily? I’ll let you know!
Hmm #WhiteLotus probably just leave it there! I’m not sure we need a series 4. I think I enjoyed series 2 the best.
April 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hmm #WhiteLotus probably just leave it there! I’m not sure we need a series 4. I think I enjoyed series 2 the best.
The gardens at Ascott House in Wing - The hedged avenues and the fragrances of the hyacinths reminded me of the Alhambra gardens in Granada. Spectacular today!
April 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The gardens at Ascott House in Wing - The hedged avenues and the fragrances of the hyacinths reminded me of the Alhambra gardens in Granada. Spectacular today!
With thanks to @willdalrymple.bsky.social and the Golden Road for a titbit in my sermon today about Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus with expensive Nard. It came from the Himalayas via South India. One third of Roman tax receipts came from Indian trade. I didn’t go there on Trade Tariffs!
April 6, 2025 at 12:36 PM
With thanks to @willdalrymple.bsky.social and the Golden Road for a titbit in my sermon today about Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus with expensive Nard. It came from the Himalayas via South India. One third of Roman tax receipts came from Indian trade. I didn’t go there on Trade Tariffs!
I am SO going to use this when It next comes up in the lectionary! (Epiphany 4 in three years time)
This is priceless - C14th painting by Simone Martini of ‘Christ discovered in the Temple’ (National Gallery)
But look at those faces:
Mary: ‘I’ve *told* you not to go out alone.’
Christ: [thinks ‘I’m not a child you know!’]
Joseph: ‘Jesus! Listen to your mother when she’s talking!’
Kids eh?!🙄😄
But look at those faces:
Mary: ‘I’ve *told* you not to go out alone.’
Christ: [thinks ‘I’m not a child you know!’]
Joseph: ‘Jesus! Listen to your mother when she’s talking!’
Kids eh?!🙄😄
April 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I am SO going to use this when It next comes up in the lectionary! (Epiphany 4 in three years time)