Edit: Rescheduled the first Rowan Williams group due to weather conditions.

I've set up two theological discussion groups to read theologians such as Thomas Aquinas, Karl Barth, Stanley Hauerwas, Rowan Williams, St Augustine of Hippo, Sarah Coakley, Walter Brueggemann, and James Alison. Other suggestions welcome in time. The groups will study a few ( Read more... )

I haven't posted on LJ for absolutely ages! This has something to do with the fact that I'd feel obligated to post over a whole year's news and partly to do with the fact my LJ is public. Mostly it has to do with the fact that I leave the house at 7.30am and return at 8.00pm, work every other Saturday and spend the intervening time doing chores, ( Read more... )

There is not much to report on last night. We spent much time putting the last of the Night On The Tiles banners up around the church. Following that, Fr Malcolm prepared for his ascent by gathering bits and pieces that he'd need whilst on the roof. We lifted a couple of buckets of water to the top of the scaffold (which is hard work since it ( Read more... )

Due to the generosity of one of my donors, I've decided to spend 10 nights on the roof with Fr Malcolm and friends. However, for slightly complicated reasons, we've decided to start early and test out the middle portion of scaffolding where most of us will be sleeping. You won't read this entry until I make it public on the launch date of 29th ( Read more... )

I went to a fascinating couple of lectures yesterday, given in London at The Royal Foundation of St Katherine. The lectues were for the 75th anniversary of something at Walsingham. The speakers were Timothy Radcliffe on "word" as sacred space, and then Margaret Barker on the Jewish temple ( Read more... )

A liturgy student's moan is to follow ( Read more... )

I like to keep an occasional eye open for what the Archbishop has to say at the events he attends. Today I found a fairly simple introduction to the Christian faith, given in 2005 in Pakistan to the international Islamic University. It's given, it seems with the anticipation of the interruption "but what about X?" by the Muslim audience and ( Read more... )

Today we're going to explore some of the issues that I have with point 2 of Benedict 16's address to Italian politicians. Let's recap ( Read more... )

[Ed. Sorry - I was interrupted mid-post and thus I didn't finish this and so it might have looked odd for a while ( Read more... )

And again! I like this one :)

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