Bishop Alan’s Blog

For a conventional set up like the Church of England General Synod, all its structures loaded for deference, yesterday's result was something of a shock to the system.
Many episcopal colleagues may feel disappointed that the clergy did not buy a report laying down C of E policy for the world before it had even been to synod....

I always wonder what horses think about a coachman.
I imagine that they think him stupid, unjust, particular about unnecessary trifles, and always checking them needlessly.
But his business is to get the coach along without upsetting it. He is on the box & he sees more than anybody else. He is not responsible for the obstacles in the road and if he could regulate all the traffic he could make things easy all round....

This morning Ed Stourton interviewed Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde of Washington DC on the BBC R4 Sunday programme. Both for its content, and as a case study clear radio interviews, I commend it for study:
ES   Anglican primates have reaffirmed their determination to walk together after their Canterbury meeting this week, but the Episcopal Church in the United States will have to walk a few steps behind everyone else for a while. It’s been sent to administrative...

It was a hot day, and the Levite and Priest were delighted to find a country inn at a bend in the road where they could stop for a drink. It was cool and shady, and a great place for a bit of Temple talk on the way up to Jerusalem.
Supping up, they saw two figures coming up the road — a traveller and his donkey, and on the donkey was what looked like a heap of bloody rags, but, they could see as the ensemble drew closer, was actually the unconscious body of a man who had fallen...