34+yrs in Telecoms, now manage rural mission project @CofESuffolk. Bible-loving musician. Treasurer @minster_ipswich Grandfather. Love God, family, Bach.
Ipswich, UK
Joined June 2009
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I was planning to retire, do some singing, some conducting, some worship leading. But God had a better idea so on Monday I start working on an exciting, innovative mission and church planting project with @CofEsuffolk. More details here cofesuffolk.org/growing-in-g…
Lots of publicity on inaccurate #EES system. We holidayed in Finland earlier in the year and my record (not my wife’s) was wrong. I emailed the Finnish border force and they updated it within 24 hours. Impressed!!
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I remember coming home from school and Harold Wilson had resigned. For some reason I called him “duck” Wilson. I was 13 (so older than I thought actually). Also remember Heath’s 3 day week because the local premier of my brother’s orchestral piece he had written was cancelled.
What is the oldest political news story you can remember? For me it's Joe Biden being selected as Obama's VP.
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“consider what’s required of those taking up roles in the Church: safeguarding training, policy review, & other forms of training in processes & procedures…But where is the equivalent expectation that people deepen their understanding of Scripture or grow in their discipleship?”
A hard piece to write. But it's conversation we need to start having. We need to recognise the cost to our ecclesiology of even necessary policies and procedures. Thanks to @OSacrumCorIesu for getting me thinking.
@ThinkAnglicans @SaveTheParish @MadsDavies
Link in the comments.
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Andrew Gosden retweeted
Delighted to see that the @JohnLewisRetail partnership with @prayerbook_soc is back for another year.
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Lauren Edwards MP statement says “[The TIA bill] was rightly described as the safest and most robust assisted dying law anywhere in the world”
No. It was only described this way by the people trying to push it through.
Here is how others described the Bill:
1. The Royal College of Physicians said the Bill is unsafe
2. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said the Bill is unworkable, and unsafe
3. The British Geriatrics Society said the Bill’s safeguards are not adequate
4. Domestic abuse charities said the Bill is unsafe
5. Organisations representing disabled people said the Bill is unsafe
6. Royal College of GPs says the Bill lacks adequate safeguards
7. Lord Stevens, ex NHS CEO, said legislating for assisted dying in the current climate of hospice cuts is “utterly ridiculous”
8. MIND says the safeguards are not adequate
9. The CLADD group at KCL (DOI) have said the Bill is “not fit for purpose”
10. The British Association of Social Workers say the Bill’s is not safe enough
Spot the pattern?
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What piercing questions for any Christian.
(From the new Bishop of Stepney at his welcome service.)
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When I told my wife that I wanted to kill myself, I'm thankful that she did all she could to stop me
Kim Leadbeater's words are surely one of the most evil and terrifying things to have ever been uttered in Parliament
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Listen folks. This is worrying. Actually, it’s not worrying, it’s terrifying. I have sat with people who are about to, and are planning on ending their lives. I’ve talked them back from the edge. I’ve sat and prayed and sobbed and talked and laughed. This is not coercion, this is love in action.
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From “Gospel Centred preaching” by Tim Chester & Marcus Honeysett.
This is helpful; I often find the hours that go into thinking and writing a sermon don’t extend beyond delivery.
Has anybody found ways to use a sermon creatively the week after (beyond just sending it out)?
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Two things struck me from
@danny__kruger’s contribution to a near vacant Parliament:
1) His courage to speak publicly and candidly about his Christian faith; and
2) His assertion that society stands to benefit if we but follow the lead of Jesus Christ.
Refreshing stuff.
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This is symbolically resonant: @danny__kruger articulating the only way that we can be saved as a nation - viz. a return to Christianity - to an almost completely empty House of Commons.
I argue something similar in my book The Great Return: amzn.to/4m4ze73
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There is a fantastic job going at Rotherham Minster at the moment for a Choral Director. Music and education friends, please share!
jobs.churchtimes.co.uk/jobs/…
