Do you want a #BishopofLondon who views & treats men & women as equals? Or do you want one whose position is that women should be under the authority of men? The latter cd happen, & only public opinion can stop it now. Please sign & share the petition: change.org/p/a-petition-conc…

Interesting story in Normal Women by @PhilippaGBooks when she says that the Bishop of Bath & Wells authorised women in the Catholic Church in England in 14thC to act as priests. This was during the Black Death, of course, when a man might not be available to give the last rites.

Tim Wyatt in his Critical Friend blog is incorrect, ignoring what we’ve >>>repeatedly>>>> pointed out: the terms of the 2014 settlement have not been observed. We are ‘complaining’ about it. It was not predictable.

Read Michael Hampson’s encouraging blog about misogyny in Bible translation. womenandthechurch.org/blog

Come to Women's Voices Conference this Thursday In Liverpool - tickettailor.com/events/wome… - and hear my speech:

I'll be speaking at the Women's Voices conference this year in Liverpool on Thurs 14 May on what it means to be Christian and female today. Headline speaker is @TauntonBish, Interim Bishop of Liverpool Ruth Worsley. You can get tix here: tickettailor.com/events/wome…

Let's not sleepwalk into having a Bishop of London who does not ordain women. Please, men and women, sign this petition to say we don't want this. c.org/nq7StfSPV9

‘real change was never polite’ - thanks for the reminder @nakedpastor Please risk not being polite by signing this petition and saying no a bishop of London who doesn’t ordain women c.org/9SYPKFYLcy

Do you want a #BishopofLondon who views & treats men & women as equals? Or do you want one whose position is that women should be under the authority of men? The latter cd happen, & only public opinion can stop it now. Please sign & share the petition: change.org/p/a-petition-conc…

🎧Podcast: @LucySixsmith talks to @MadsDavies about 'When the Music Fades: Power, surrender and the Soul Survivor generation' Listen on our website 👇 Or on your preferred platform at: pod.fo/e/40b103 churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…

Pre-order here canterburypress.hymnsam.co.u…. Published end of May. Book launches June/July - details to follow

#BishopofLondon Why #MutualFlourishing is not Mutual womenandthechurch.org/blog/l…

Is it possible that a man cd be made #BishopofLondon who opposes equality for women in the @churchofengland when #MutualFlourishing is known, despite the omertà, to have been one sided, & leaders haven’t implemented the review recommendations which wd be a minimal precondition.

Christianity and patriarchy do not mix.

Men! This isn’t just a women’s thing. Please sign to say you don’t want a bishop of London who doesn’t ordain women or accept the authority of our archbishop of C change.org/p/a-petition-conc…

Let's have a Bishop of London who ordains women and accepts the spiritual authority of our archbishop of Canterbury - please, Anglicans, sign this petition to say this is what we want for the biggest diocese in our country c.org/y6TgNJ9QMY

A petition concerning the next bishop of London - please help ensure that we have a bishop who ordains women c.org/78gyTPWpFc via @UKChange

Many conversations about change @churchofengland focus on “mindset”, “structure” or “culture.” But if we examine how preferment actually works, we see that “advancement” depends on being recognised and affirmed by those already in authority. Over time, that creates a quiet but powerful signal: Be supportive. Be safe. Don’t push too hard. No one has to say it explicitly. People just learn it. It creates at its absolute worst a culture of sycophancy. Over time those learned behaviors take on the feeling of wisdom, “good judgement,” and “faithfulness” and the barometer of the “orthodoxy” required of those who will lead in the next generation. Then those same people become the ones discerning and selecting this next generation too….. So the system doesn’t just reward certain behaviours but it also it reproduces them. As @MartynPercy argues in this incisive article that is not necessarily because anyone intends it to, but because the installation (structures, incentives, expectations) shapes how people think and act within it. Moments of leadership transition, like the installation of a new Archbishop, often raise hopes for change. But installation theory poses a much harder question: What if the deeper issue isn’t the individual, but the system they inherit and operate within? That has real implications for how the Church responds to: • safeguarding and abuse • whose voices are heard or sidelined • and how questions of fuller inclusion are handled If the underlying conditions don’t change, the outcomes probably won’t either and it really doesn’t matter who is in post. For a deeper exploration of this idea, this article is well worth reading: New Installation, Same Old Problems | Journal of Anglican Studies | Cambridge Core

Ah yes, the Timothites who think a specific instruction to a specific church about a specific issue is more important than anything else in the Bible when it comes to women serving in the clergy.