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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Are you a Bishop, Priest, Deacon or Ordinand in the Church of England? Confused by the recent goings-on in the Anglican Communion? Wondering what the future will hold for your ministry? Don’t … more →
Bethany Twins
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
bethanytwins wrote 4 weeks ago: Are you a Bishop, Priest, Deacon or Ordinand in the Church of England? Confused by the recent going … more →
Atheist Buses and Christian Pusses
bethanytwins wrote 11 months ago: (Note: There is actually only one Puss. The title of this post is a shameless demonstration of the … more →
ERO CRAS
bethanytwins wrote 12 months ago: It’s Christmass Eve, and here at the Vicarage we’re all excited about the coming of Chri … more →
O Emmanuel
bethanytwins wrote 12 months ago: Today’s Antiphon, the last, sums up all six that have gone before it, and the whole meaning of … more →
O Rex Gentium
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: Today is the penultimate day of the O Antiphons, and the turn of Rex Gentium, King of the Nations. … more →
O Oriens
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: It’s the fourth Sunday of Advent. Today we light our candle on the Advent Wreath for the Bles … more →
O Clavis David
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: Today we hail Christ as the Key of David. It sounds like a bit of a funny idea to us, but the Key i … more →
O Radix Jesse
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: The Antiphon for today addresses Christ as the Radix or Root of Jesse. Jesse was the father of King … more →
O Adonai
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: Today’s Antiphon is O Adonaï, using the Hebrew word for “Lord.” It is the word st … more →
O Sapientia
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: Today the real countdown to Christmass begins, with the first of the O Antiphons. These are seven s … more →
To End All Wars
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: A British soldier pays his respects (1917) Today at 11:00 am, we commemorate 90 years since the end … more →
We Are All Marxists Now
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: Don’t look now, but apparently there’s a credit crunch. We’re not entirely sure w … more →
The God of Small Things
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: We have a problem in the Vicarage, and for once it may not be the Vicar’s fault. For the last … more →
Nunsense: Beauty and the Beastly
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: It’s a little known fact about the Vicar, but for most of her early life, she harboured a secr … more →
Have Ye Not Read?
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bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: Communication seems to be a perennial problem in today’s society, despite widespread literacy, … more →
Trinity Sunday
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: “In this Trinity, none is afore or after other; none is greater or less than another.” … more →
The Only Way is Up
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bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: Coelos ascendit hodie: Alleluia! Jesus Christus, Rex Gloriae: Alleluia! Today is the day when we ga … more →
HOPE not Hate
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: We are black and white. So is Britain. Let’s keep it that way. HOPE not hate 2008: Celebrati … more →
Talking with the Taxman (about Theology)
bethanytwins wrote 1 year ago: (With apologies to Billy Bragg and his fabulous 1986 album; pay no more than 59p for this clumsy att … more →
