Gafcon

Sunday morning onslaught by the St Michael’s Basingstoke HTB God squad

Sunday morning onslaught by the St Michael’s Basingstoke HTB God squad

Back home on Sunday evening after worshipping at St Michael’s Basingstoke in the morning, I felt totally exhausted, beaten up by the Basingstoke HTB God squad, my body somatising all the fake, manipulative, stressful pressure of the unhealthy HTB routine, contaminating heart, mind, body and soul. My emotional equilibrium has also been affected by the reactions from the GAFCON axis to Archbishop Sarah’s appointment to Canterbury and the reactions from various organisations and individuals to the House of Bishops failure to make any progress in the Living and Love and Faith process.

False ideas in the church

False ideas in the church

The Church of England as an institution still looks okay on the surface. Congregations may age and decline and parishes are amalgamated as clergy numbers reduce (while the bishops add to their number) but worship and parish life and the central structures continue to function. But look inside and underneath and pay close attention to events at local, national and international levels and things are not looking good. At local, national and international levels the church is lacking - the church lacks leaders with courage, prophetic vision and wisdom. The church lacks the integrity and insight to tell the story of creation and evolution and human potential revealed in the Bible and Jesus (if you know where to look). 

The Primates' meeting - a busted flush?

The Primates' meeting - a busted flush?

Whatever disruption in the structure of the Communion occurs next week, there will be LGBTI people praying and longing, and in some cases working quietly and effectively, for our full, public, joyful inclusion in the life of the Church. The evolutionary trajectory of God in history makes this outcome inevitable. The Gafcon Primates are trying to reverse a movement which is irreversible.