Tag: sticking my neck out

A Provisional Note

Byartsyhonker July 4, 2012 5 Comments
The dear old Church of England has been tying itself into knots of late over the Bishops' amendments to the Measure on Women in the Episcopate. The good bishops made two amendments. One has been welcomed as providing some clarity about exactly from where episcopal power is derived in the case of an alternative bishop being assigned to a parish (essentially it's the inherent bishoppy-ness, not the...

Give us back our NHS

Byartsyhonker March 20, 2012 2 Comments
Scum who don't know how to feel They're so rich they have to steal Eyes all glazed from looking west Give us back our NHS! We won't take rule for the rich While the poorest feel the pinch. There's no mandate for this mess Give us back our NHS! Words by @Eithin and @LosTheSkald, music by me. Please sing it, teach it to people, make videos, write more verses, whatever. It's under a CC BY-SA...

It’s Up To Us to Change the Narrative

Byartsyhonker February 2, 2012 9 Comments
I was thinking the other morning about community size, economies of scale, and our perception of other people as human beings worthy of care and respect. In larger communities, where everyone doesn't know everyone else, the media have quite a lot of power over how we see one another. And now Cameron's government have passed the Welfare Reform Bill.I don't know whether the Daily Fail, the Sun and...

On great works of great faith

Byartsyhonker January 6, 2012 1 Comment
He said to them, ‘Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, “Move from here to there”, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.’This isn't an easy verse.Why, why is our faith so small? I've never moved a mountain; certainly even things I find rather more realistic are sometimes very...

Friday Evensong at St Paul’s-in-the-Camp, 6.15 for 6.30pm.

Byartsyhonker October 27, 2011 3 Comments
EDIT, FRIDAY AFTERNOON: It turns out St Paul's are having Evensong tonight after all, but didn't tell anyone about it until late morning. While I don't wish to compete with them, I think we should go ahead and have Evensong outside anyway.END OF EDITOn Friday we will have Evensong outside St Paul's. While the Cathedral has said they will be open for worship, I don't believe they are having...

Wednesday: St Paul’s-in-the-Camp Flashmob Evensong

Byartsyhonker October 25, 2011 3 Comments
On Wednesday we will have Evensong outside St Paul's -- unless the cathedral has opened for worship again, of course, in which case we may as well join them inside.Meet at 5pm for 5.15; outside M&S seems to be a reasonable place for it, although we may need to move (especially if there are enough of us to obstruct the walkway).You can print a copy of the liturgy from here ON THE DAY or from...

St Paul’s Evensong at OccupyLSX

Byartsyhonker October 23, 2011 7 Comments
I didn't think, when I got up this morning, that I would somehow wind up leading a BCP Evensong at St Paul's Cathedral.The cathedral has had Occupy LSX, a protest camp, on their doorstep for the past week. Last weekend the Canon Chancellor, Revd Dr Giles Fraser, told the police to leave the protesters alone. As the week has worn on and the tents have stayed up, the cathedral has been operating on...

Who do you say that I am?

Byartsyhonker September 21, 2011 2 Comments
Who is considered "Christian"? Why do any of us care? Edward Green wrote an interesting post about the UCCF's Doctrinal Basis, a sort of pseudo-creed which it seems is sometimes used as a litmus test of who is "in" and who is not at university Christian Unions. Revd Green rightly points out that even the Catechism of the Catholic Church has a broader remit than that, stating that “All who have...