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  • Predictions 2026

    1. A rocky road to the enthronement of the next Archbishop of Canterbury.
    2. Further turmoil and scandal in the Anglican Episcopates of the United Kingdom.
    3. No progress for those hoping for Equal Marriage in the Church of England.
    4. More talk about the Quiet Revival which will continue not to show up in denominational statistics.
    5. Success for BBC Farage TV as Reform make great gains in the May elections
    6. Despite its record in government, the SNP get about 60 seats in the new Scottish Parliament.
    7. Because of its record in government, the Labour party gets terrible results and there is an attempt to remove Keir Starmer as leader.
    8. Despite its record both in and out of government the Democratic Party does well in the November elections in the USA.
    9. Stock market has another volatile year but ends up on this year, but not by much. FTSE is 9,931 at the start of the year.
    10. 2026 is the hottest year ever recorded.
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One response to “Odd”

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    Kelvin

    Re: Odd
    Hi,

    I happened by because I was googling o­n the word “thurible”.  I'm a US Episcopalian, and I'm currently in the Inquiry process about becoming a vocational Deacon… which, as you know, is supposedly a lay ministry. 

    But I know what you mean… we do a commissioning sort of a thing every year for our vestry and teachers, but it's all ad hoc and out of various slightly suspect books of supplemental rites.  It would be niceto have an approved liturgy for blessing a Lay Eucharistic Minister, for example.

    If you don't mind, I'll be about again… feel free to look at my blog, http://www.livejournal.com/users/lirazel/.

    I'm 50, with a lot of younger friends due to interests in Japanese animation and science fiction and such… so please pardon us of some of the language is even more opaque than is commonly the case when people from the British Isles and Amurrrricans try to understand each other.

    Regards (how appropriate for viewing someone's blog!)
    Lirazel

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