What is in Kelvin's Head?

  • Joyful Songs of Praise

    Was delighted to be on Songs of Praise yesterday along with two members of the congregation who were talking about the blessing of their civil partnership last year which was part of their journey into marriage.

    I think I’ve had more feedback from this than any other piece of broadcasting I’ve ever done, overwhelmingly positive. A couple of grumpy people contacted me by email to express their concern but the rest, particularly from colleages and friends in England was hugely supportive.

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6 responses to “Michael Perham and Gracious Restraint”

  1. Rosemary Hannah Avatar
    Rosemary Hannah

    I think the married bishops ought to be asked to repent of having married in the first place.

    I think what the statement by +Gloucester fails to take on board is that it is not just about sex. It is the love and joy people have in each other. It is saying ‘have you met my husband?’ Until people get that, we will make no progress.

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  2. Jaye Richards-Hill Avatar
    Jaye Richards-Hill

    I’d like to gear him call for a bit of gracious restraint in Uganda and Nigeris, where the Anglican church could perhaps do a little more to wind down the appalling homophobic violence taking place, due in no small part to their inflammatory conduct and support of really bad law…

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  3. Susan Sheppard Hedges Avatar
    Susan Sheppard Hedges

    Yes, Jaye…

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  4. Bro David Avatar
    Bro David

    Yes, it is always we who are called upon to stand in the “crucified place.”

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  5. Tom D'Evelyn Avatar
    Tom D’Evelyn

    Well done! It should also be pointed out that the rhetorical form of this plea is sure to put people off, expressing the purblind self-hypnotic self-mediation of a closed mind. You wouldn’t buy a used car from this chap. I speak as an unchurched American deeply impressed by Kelvin’s intelligence as expressed on this blog, which I share with my son who is on the ordination path in a Bristol. He loves it too.

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  6. Fr Steve Avatar
    Fr Steve

    Well said, as always.

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