12 responses to “It isn't all the fault of Rowan Williams”

  1. Rosemary Hannah Avatar
    Rosemary Hannah

    Bute refused to cough up – ‘Rich men are not simply boxes into which the church may put its hand whenever it wants’ he replied. Merry del Val had fifty thousand fits. But even a fund to cushion the Anglican clergy ‘going over’ failed to produce the flood …..

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Previous Posts

  • Exceptions

    A long time ago, and in a land far away, I remember The Rev Rosemary Nixon saying something significant to me which I still think true today. (Just once, mind). She said, in the course of a conversation about my progress through the Scottish Episcopal Church’s exemplary education system, “The trouble is, Kelvin, everyone in…

  • Tales of the City

    A knock at the door. I answer it to find a young man wearing black T-shirt, black shorts (were they boxer shorts?) and no shoes or socks. Me: Hello Him: Er hello. Me: Can I help. Him: Er, I was just wondering if you had any white wine vinegar. Me: Oh, hang on a minute.…

  • Sermon – 17 June 2007 – The woman with the perfume

    When I was first in full time ministry, as a lay person, some fifteen years ago, I worked as a member of the chaplaincy team, in the University of London. The team that I worked in was a team of five people, four ordained, and me, a lay person. Four were men, and one a…

  • Ahh, arrhh, arrrrhhhhh chooo!

    I’m off work for a couple of days. I’ve picked up a sneezing lurgy. If I had company, I’m sure it would be a man-cold. However, as it is, I’m on my own, so it is merely an indisposition. Normal service will be resumed shortly.