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Luke Larner

1 year

@mccartneymary1 @BotolphAldgate @ScholarPriest ‘Confounding the Mighty’ available from @SCM_Press and all good (plus some bad) booksellers!

Confounding the Mighty Stories of Church, Social Class and Solidarity by Luke Larner - Paperback /...

Buy Confounding the Mighty Stories of Church, Social Class and Solidarity by Luke Larner Paperback / softback from SCM Press - ISBN: 9780334063575

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 years

Walking through town in my cassock and a woman who has just been given a bad diagnosis stopped me for prayer. What’s this now about pastoral Vs. missional? Please pray for her 🙏🏻

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

The situation with Soul Survivor and Mike Pilavachi has been whirring away in the back of my mind since the news broke. Wasn’t sure whether to share these thoughts, but was encouraged to do so by someone I trust. Hope they are useful. “What if?” -

“What if?” – when faith fails

What if? Like many others, I’ve been emotionally impacted by the Mike Pilavachi / Soul Survivor situation. My heart particularly goes out to those who have come forward, and those still afrai…

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

Seeing as Twitter is dying it’s hot-take time: I think allowing same-sex marriage in the CofE will have almost no measurably positive impact on church growth and attendance, but we should do it anyway because it’s a justice issue not a growth tactic. #EqualMarriageNow

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

This morning my appointment as Priest-in-Charge of St Andrew’s Church in @diostalbans has been announced. My family & I are delighted to be moving back Luton in the early summer and serving this diverse and dynamic parish. I’m so excited for this next step! /1

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

And so did St. Francis give unto the Wolf of Gubbio a banana, and no more grandmas were eaten that day. And lo did he proclaim, ‘This story will be retold in song for generations to come’. #Eurovision

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 months

What even is the CofE anymore? Like - what's the point in having an ecclesiology, a theology of the Eucharist, a diocese, disciplinary structures, etc etc? Are we just in a free for all now, or do the rules only apply to some and not to others? This is getting beyond ridiculous.

Fr Jarel Robinson-Brown ❤️‍🔥🌾

@ScholarPriest

3 months

So, lay presidency at the Eucharist is now a thing in the Diocese of London... Commissioning service 24 July 2024 via @YouTube

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

4 months

Curates looking for first incumbencies often tell me that many of the jobs on offer are now 0.5 or less. If I've learned one thing from my first year as a 0.5 incumbent, it's that it's impossible to have the cure of souls part-time, especially in a parish with so many needs. /1

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 months

One year an incumbent today! It has been a steep learning curve, and after a season of putting my shoulder to the task to get things moving, I'm trying to slow down a little for the summer. For curates about to embark on their first incumbency, below are a few things I've learned

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

4 years

Licensed to the Parish of St Paul in Bedford today, in a bandstand by the river (appropriate for a pioneer minister I suppose!)

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

What a thing to hold in these tired hands that have laid countless bricks, thrown punches, & held the sacred mysteries of God. My mind immediately returns to my year 7 teacher making me stand at the front of class while tearing up my work book because the writing was so bad. 🥲

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

27 days

@BirgitteUna I would suggest that engaging fully with the police investigation and taking a step back from the limelight would be behaviour in keeping with repentance in this situation - now is not the time to be a Christian ‘influencer’, neither is this wise for a recent convert.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 years

Some exciting news, yesterday I signed contracts with @SCM_Press for this upcoming book, 'Confounding the Mighty: Stories of Church, Social Class, and Solidarity'. Some AMAZING people contributing chapters to this based on their own working class experiences, it's going to be 🔥

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

5 years

Sometimes representing an institution is tough, especially when it makes statements you don’t agree with. So to all my friends - gay or straight - I believe your love is sacred and it is of God. I’m sorry that we’re failing you, some of us want change.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

Very excited to share that my upcoming book ‘Confounding the Mighty: Stories of Church, Social Class and Solidarity ’ is now available to pre-order from @scm_press !

Confounding the Mighty Stories of Church, Social Class and Solidarity by Luke Larner - Paperback /...

Buy Confounding the Mighty Stories of Church, Social Class and Solidarity by Luke Larner Paperback / softback from SCM Press - ISBN: 9780334063575

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

5 years

My Twitter feed is like reading Julian of Norwich at the moment: “No universalism” “Yes universalism!” “No universalism” “Yes universalism!” “No universalism” “Yes universalism!” “No universalism” “Yes universalism!” “No universalism” “Yes universalism!”

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

10 months

First midnight Mass as an incumbent - done. Flickering lights of hope in the darkness. Happy Christmas comrades, may the light of Christ shine out in our liberation struggles this year #ClergyNonDescriptBeverageClub

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

@emilykmay A young lady in our team had 3 different guys tell her “god wants us to get married” in the space of a week. She told me and my pal John about this in tears. John had just come out of juvie before joining YWAM, I spent the rest of the day trying to stop him beating up the 3 guys

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

9 months

I can’t be the only CofE leader finding an increasing proportion of my emotional and mental energy drained by the slow burn of working in an institution dying from its own fecklessness and ruthlessness. If I’m the only one I’ll shut up?

Father Didymus ✝️⛪️🙏🏻🎸🏊‍♂️🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛷

@FrDidymus

9 months

I work advising organisations in crisis. I can see that the CofE is structurally unable to deal with the crises it faces. It moves too slowly, it's too afraid of causing offence & it won't grasp the nettle. I don't think it can even tell if it is in crisis. Spoiler alert: it is.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

In the cooler months (+funerals etc) I wear doc martens polished to a mirror shine, in the summer smart-ish sandles. As I said in a lecture at theological college - remember that what is a “cultural symbol of respectability” to some is a symbol of bourgeoisie oppression to others

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

It's hard to describe the joy and impact on my wellbeing of moving to a house where I'm surrounded by trees and wildlife (even in the midst of Luton's post-industrial sprawl). Class struggle must involve equal access to good housing and natural beauty. Where we live shapes us.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 months

Back from my first ever @greenbelt festival. Big shoutout to the organisers, crew, volunteers and contributors who made me feel so welcome. So grateful to the remarkable number of people who came to my sessions and to @TrussellTrust who hosted me.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 years

Vicar is off so singing Evensong for the first time ever tonight - wish me luck! (And all the dogs in a 5 mile radius) #nervous

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

4 years

Conversation with a nun in her 80s today: “If you want your congregation to have a home, you need a building. If you want to have a building, you have to work with people whose eyes are not on the poor.” A rare moment of stunned silence for me! #NunsAreAwesome #DontMessWithNuns

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 months

If you’re more upset and vocal about a daft olympics opener that vaguely resembles the Lord’s supper than you are about tens of thousands of dead Palestinians, don’t you dare call yourself a Christian.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

@oldenoughtosay Former bricklayer here - some might be interested to know that English brick sizes pre-metricisation were designed to fit imperial measurements - 4 courses high = 1ft, 4 bricks length = 3 ft. Post metricisation these were reduced to 4 courses - 300mm, 4 long = 900mm. /1

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

Last day of curacy @stpaulsbedford . There will probably be tears. As numerous articles have said, curacy is often tough for all the wrong reasons. Despite some bumps in the road, it really has been a tremendous privilege to serve here, I have made friends for life including my TI

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 years

Nice to head to head office for the annual oil change. Why does being around so many clergy make me want to be naughty? @StAlbansCath

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

Me and the boy (and some pals from Bedford’s Viking Kayak Club) showing up in solidarity for the @sascampaigns #paddleout . “No more poos, in the Great Ouse!” 💩 #SewageScandal

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

4 years

The CofE arguing about which BBC radio station we should mimic is like Blockbuster Video arguing about where to put the Doritos.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

7 months

Our local cafe has reopened, but it’s a quiet time being Ramadan, so I’m doing the neighbourly thing to support a local business 🍰

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

10 months

While I respect Shane, and am grateful for his friendship with +Justin, the reality is - ABofC doesn’t need to travel 1000s of miles to see radical Christianity, many are living it in the UK and CofE, while struggling with lack of funding and feeling a lack of support

Shane Claiborne

@ShaneClaiborne

10 months

Imagine that - Christianity being “counter-cultural”!!! 🤣🤣🤣

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

9 months

At @unitetheunion HQ for my first training session as a rep in the @UniteFaithUnion branch. Solidarity to the workers!

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

Latest Census 21 stats about to be released. Be ready for a ramping up of the racist 'invasion' rhetoric, some of which will claim to speak for 'defending christianity'. Advent is a time to remember Jesus of Nazareth has more in common with refugees than the right wing press...

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@lucaslarner

1 year

Am I missing something, or are a some of my colleagues getting more upset about rubber ducks in fonts than claims of ‘obstruction’ in CofE safeguarding structures? Kyrie Eleison.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

4 years

It’s ‘official’ - all being well I will be starting a doctorate in Practical Theology @RoehamptonUni in October. My research will explore Pneumatology in Anglican mission through Theological Action Research with Anglicans involved in Community Organising.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

11 months

I was teaching trainee priests on Saturday and using clips from Rev., it remains highly important for my own life and ministry too. The absurdity, tragedy and profundity of life all blended together. This show really was a gift to the world. “Y’aright vicarage?” ❤️

Andrew Male

@Andr6wMale

11 months

You know what's aged well? Tom Hollander & James Wood’s sitcom, Rev. Revisiting the show thirteen years on I now realise how much it was a show about a changing Britain, one where humanity and generosity were gradually being replaced by something more cruel and corporate. 1/2

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

The other day on the way to school my 6 year-old paused for a moment, and said, “I’d forgotten how beautiful everything is”. Selah.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 months

Christo-fascism on the rise & GB News trending for their role in stoking the fires of division. And still hardly anyone talking about the fact that the co-owner of GB News is a major player in the HTB wing of the CofE & posted this rhetoric on his twitter

Millionaire church financier deletes right-wing posts

SIR PAUL MARSHALL, the hedge-fund manager and co-owner of GB News who sits on the board of HTB’s Chu...

www.churchtimes.co.uk

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

5 years

“My well-being is completely bound up in the well-being of all my fellow human beings” 🔥 🔥🔥

BBC Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight

5 years

“With an infection like this you can’t draw boundaries. Do I understand that my well-being is completely bound up in the well-being of all my fellow human beings?” - Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, tells #Newsnight

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

8 months

Fantastic news from my union branch - for the first time in the Church of England's history the union has won a much needed stipend increase for Church of England clergy

Unite London & Eastern

@UniteLondonEast

8 months

Unite, the UK’s union for faith workers, has hailed a seven per cent increase in the Church of England’s stipend after its clergy members submitted a pay claim for the first time in history.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

What if we ditched the lace and make this the new AC aesthetic?

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 years

Those who would join Mary in her "yes" to God must also join in her "no": "no" to the fascist neoliberal gangsterism which soaks the ground with the blood of the innocent, which feeds the rich & sends the poor away empty, which lifts up the proud & casts down the meek #LadyDay

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

11 months

I do find the conservative appeal to ‘biblical canon’ as opposed to synodical process interesting. How do they think the biblical canon was decided? 🤔

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

Stopping ‘cancel-culture’ by only appointing bishops approved by the ministry of public enlightenment and propaganda. ThisIsFine.GIF

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

10 months

This is so daft, it sounds like something from a gammon headline generator. I can’t believe people take this stuff seriously

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

Solidarity with the strikers ✊🏼 “Unless you see Christ in the masses you cannot see Him in the Mass. […] Unless you see Him in the workers’ struggle for bread you will not see Him at the altar” (from an old sign placed by the reserved sacrament in some Anglo Catholic parishes)

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 years

My fellow priests, never forget your call: "They are to resist evil, support the weak, defend the poor, and intercede for all in need."

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

Life’s a funny old road. One minute you’re chapter President in a motorcycle club and laying bricks for a living, the next you’re a priest doing a doctorate and making homemade hummus while swigging a vegan protein shake.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

HOW DARE this double-tongued self-serving criminal government criticise preaching of basic Christian virtue in this holy season? That Christians are united on this across tradition & political allegiance should serve as a warning. Your days are numbered. #solidarityknowsnoborders

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

Not being funny, but I'd much rather my kid went to Drag Queen Story Hour than read whatever this weirdness from the Gospel Coalition is supposed to be...

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

Huge thanks to everyone who came and all who do so much for this wonderful community. What a privilege is to begin the journey of serving as their priest.

Dave

@MiddlebrookDave

1 year

Good to install @lucaslarner as Priest-in-Charge of St Andrew’s Luton - my local parish church - after his licensing by Bishop Richard. Prayers for Luke and the parish at the start of this new stage in their life and ministry

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 months

These are not protests, these are not just ‘thugs’, this is organised racist and Islamophobic mobilisation which has been fuelled by systemic racism and Islamophobia in ‘mainstream’ politics and media. Wherever you are get organising for working-class solidarity

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

10 months

Great training for ministers &/or theologians is visiting schools. Our gorgeous parish has three state schools, all of which are vast majority Muslim children. Sensitively sharing what Christmas and عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ mean to me and answering questions is great! 2 more to go!

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

Ending three remarkable days at #SST2023 with a powerful testament to the possibility of hope from @DeanKBD . My first SST, & I’ve been moved to tears by the solidarity & remarkable work being shared. It’s the first time I’ve felt something dangerously close to hope in a long time

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

5 months

@mthr_jo Don't mess with nuns dude, that's just basic.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

4 months

@JayHulmePoet @Anna_blaandd May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand. 🙏🏻

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

10 months

This is all very troubling. If, as the article suggests, the Church Revitalisation Trust (beneficiaries of £50m central funding) are leading moves to split the church then there needs to be a serious response with serious consequences.

Robert Thompson (he/him)

@Rgt71Robert

10 months

“Rather than waiting for disgruntled churches to contact the CEEC and enquire about the financial and oversight arrangements now being developed separately from normal C of E practice, there is a proactive campaign seeking to recruit churches to this split. A proactive campaign

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

Meanwhile CofE clergy are expected to work 6 days a week, and we wonder why wellbeing is suffering….

BK Baby🫧

@TitoisOutside

1 year

The 3 bank holidays this month have effectively been a trial run of a 4 day workweek in the UK. What are the results? Incredible national happiness, a surge in demand and economic activity. No negative impact on productivity. A breath of fresh air for creativity, rest and love.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

9 months

“This help will involve counsel and pastoral support to live a chaste life and, as part of this process, some may seek and experience changes in the strength or direction of their same-sex attractions.”

Fr. Brandon Fletcher James

@frbrandonf_j

9 months

How can the CPAS be a resource to the Church of England when it openly endorses homophobia? This is not an affirmation of human sexuality. If anything it is a strategic attempt to condemn, regulate and suppress LGBTQI+ desire.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

Huzzah! Ethical clearance has been granted for my research on mission-Pneumatology and community organising in the Church of England! Are you a CofE leader (lay or ordained) organising with @citizensUK who might be interested in taking part in some action research? Get in touch!

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

It's been a crap week in the Larner household with us all getting flu. On the plus side of being stuck at home, I've managed to get the first rough draft of this over the line and off to @SCM_Press . So excited to see it shape up ready for release next year. #ConfoundingTheMighty

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

2 years

@HannahJGascoyne Sadly a Church of England equivalent is less likely to sell so well, but if any publishers are interested my agent’s details are in my bio

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

9 months

Sometimes my academic, parish and personal passions on addressing exploitation, colonisation and class struggle come together in energising and generative ways. Sometimes it gets a little much. Today is one of those days! Pray for your comrade plz folks

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

3 months

This is Bishop Richard of Bedford, he has been my bishop for over 10 years. He has confirmed, commissioned, licensed and ordained me into different ministries. He has also had my back when I needed him and offered wise counsel more times than I can count. #ITrustMyBishop

Molly Boot

@MollyBoot1

3 months

Can we start a thing? I reckon my bishops are pretty excellent. They’re compassionate, prayerful, pastoral people who do their level best to enable the flourishing of all God’s people. I’m very glad they oversee the ministry of the CofE in Gloucestershire. 🕊️ #ITrustMyBishop

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@lucaslarner

2 years

Found the naughty corner at YPT… @jontweetshere @ScholarPriest

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@lucaslarner

6 months

Hedgehogs! In the vicarage garden! In Luton! But what does one call a Hedghog Hotel in a vicarage? Hogarage?

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

Wee blog with some musings on why I think we need to talk about social class and church.

SCM Press

@SCM_Press

1 year

"This is a conversation some of us don’t enter by choice." On the blog: @lucaslarner on why the church needs to talk more about social class.

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@lucaslarner

2 years

Capsized my kayak in the spot where John Bunyan was baptised last night, is this anything? (photos for reference)

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@lucaslarner

2 years

If the 1662 Book of Common Prayer can cope with using ‘they’ as a pronoun, then so can you. 🌈 😘

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

10 months

Little early Christmas pressie landed in my inbox today, my nomination as a rep for the @unitetheunion Faith Worker’s Branch ( @UniteFWB ) has been approved by the committee. Delighted to be following in the footsteps of my auntie and uncle who were union activists

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

5 months

Since starting this crazy part-time vicar/part-time free-range theologian journal last July, I’ve made it to the gym precisely 0 times. Before I was 3 times a week minimum. Thanks to a grant from @ClergySupportUK , the gym has come to me! #Wellbeing

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@lucaslarner

6 months

Heading to Greenbelt for the first time this year, delighted to be taking a session on Church and Poverty in the @TrussellTrust ‘Living Room’ venue. Thinking of my old mate and spiritual elder John ‘Smithy’ Smith who was a regular back in the day.

Greenbelt Festival

@greenbelt

6 months

Here it is. Your dream ticket for this summer. We’ve got dreamers and doers, singers and seers, punks and painters, actors and activists, charities and changemakers, DJs and divas….all this to look forward to and more. Dig into the details here

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2 years

Great turnout to our first 1 day community organising training in Bedford with @CitizensUK - 24 leaders from a variety of local institutions coming together to build relationships and work for justice and the common good #LetsGo

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

8 months

Pondering the emotional weight of incumbency & the cure of souls as look out of my office window during morning prayer & meditation. Is there an informal network of learning/reflective practice among modern/liberal/anglo-catholic incumbents? Don't want to walk this journey alone

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@lucaslarner

4 years

Having been a lay pioneer minister for a number of years before training for ordination, I can tell you with some certainty that this simply not true. The resourcing of pioneer ministry is minuscule compared to the parish, and the two should not be forced into a binary /1

Giles Fraser

@giles_fraser

4 years

The neoliberal revolution going on within the Church of England.

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@lucaslarner

2 years

Standing with my CofE rainbow siblings who are angry, frustrated, hopeful, bemused, exasperated, done. You are loved and your love is precious. 💕🏳️‍🌈

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

6 months

Little video I put together to tell the story of how we’re turning amnestied knives into garden tools in the community garden at our church. This is the story of Brigid’s forge.

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@lucaslarner

9 months

UPDATE! A friend from my kayaking club is donating his late father’s anvil to us, WE FOUND ONE!!! Thanks to everyone for sharing

Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

9 months

Friends! Very random request - I am looking for an Anvil to go in our Peace Garden in Luton as part of this project, it will be used to turn amnestied knives into garden tools. I have a small budget for this, and can pickup within reasonable distance of Luton

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

11 months

The CofE is a funny old beast, but despite the many struggles I love my 'job' & my local church and community. Sometimes as a working-class socialist priest with a passion for liberation, justice & lgbtq+ rights, the CofE drives me to despair, and this has been one of those weeks

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 month

Likewise to Anglicans - if your discipleship/ministry experience etc scheme is for ‘young professionals’ you are sending the message that working class people are not worthy to join, which is anathema to the Gospel of Jesus of Nazareth

Simon Hewitt

@LeedsHewitt

1 month

Why are Catholic institutions running courses for 'young professionals'. Do young people who work in shops or factories, or who are sick or unemployed, not get to discuss the faith?

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4 months

What I’ve learned from doing liberation theology with siblings from across the world - you need to start listening when people critique identity politics - because it was always going to end up with people in positions of power claiming to speak for the ‘voiceless’

Charlie Bell 🏳️‍🌈

@charliebelllive

4 months

Schism. A total and complete disgrace. Homophobia dressed in theology - hate splattered with the lipstick of love and all made up in the uniform of unity. Shame on you, building your identity on the backs of LGBTQIA people. Shame on you.

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@lucaslarner

3 months

Looking forward to my first Greenbelt this year

Greenbelt Festival

@greenbelt

3 months

Some people write us off as a festival that believes anything it wants to. Most of those people haven’t actually been of course. But let’s put that gently to one side. If those people did come to Greenbelt to see for themselves, what would they *actually* find? 🧵

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7 months

White Christian leaders: If your response to the continued violent legacy of colonialism and chattel slavery is anything other than disgust and repentance in sackcloth and ashes - y’all need to get right with God. Away with your nostalgia for the empire of Anti-Christ.

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@lucaslarner

1 year

This cannot be allowed to happen: “With Mike now resigned, I'm worried that he's viewed as a single "bad apple", and those who failed to hold him to account will be reinstated or allowed to continue in positions of power, and the wider Church fails to learn their lessons.”

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@lucaslarner

5 years

I would really appreciate your prayers as I begin the first draft of my MA dissertation. On this feast day of saints Cyril and Methodius, pioneers of 'doing Christianity' in the vernacular, I hope to make a small contribution to 'doing mission' on the outside edges of empire.

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@lucaslarner

6 months

Dear @JustinWelby - would you consider a quick walk over the bridge to @Churchhouseconf to ask them to immediately cease hires for conferences sponsored by the companies that made the weapons used in these and any other tragic deaths of civilians in Palestine?

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@JustinWelby

6 months

Aid workers can never be a target in war. Far too many humanitarian workers have been killed in Gaza. The killing of seven @WCKitchen workers by an Israeli strike is another appalling breach of international humanitarian law in this war. I pray for the families and colleagues

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@lucaslarner

3 years

Below are some tips for clergy/leaders on navigating the cost of living/energy crisis: Boil exact water you need Explore renewable energy Form cooperatives & credit unions Say the daily offices Cast the mighty from their thrones Seize the means of production Become ungovernable

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@lucaslarner

10 months

Bon courage to the Archbishop when so many church leaders are either silent or mealy-mouthed. Let them hear our voices! We will not be silent!

Saul Staniforth

@SaulStaniforth

10 months

A woman leaving a church shelter to go to the toilet was shot dead by an Israeli sniper & her daughter who went to help her was killed as well Kay Burley: "The IDF says it didnt happen, wasn't them... you don't believe the IDF?" Archbishop of Westminster: "No I don't"

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@lucaslarner

2 years

Woot! Paper accepted for @SST_Theology conference on power: 'Solidarity and The Power of the Spirit: A theological reflection on Class Struggle'. See you there comrades!

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@lucaslarner

7 months

Today I'm writing to Stephen Barney, chair of the Corporation of The Church House @Churchhouseconf , to ask if he & the board will meet with myself & representatives of a coalition of other groups concerned about this within the next 6 weeks /1

Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

7 months

For the last 3 years the CofE's Church House in Westminister has continued to be hired out for the 'Land Warfare Conference' sponsored by arms dealers supplying weapons currently used in Palestine. Can't see any coverage on this since 2019, and no info for this year yet /1

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@lucaslarner

1 year

Shoutout to @HodsonJosh for reading through this and making some suggestions, and also for the endless supply of dank deconstruction memes

Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

1 year

The situation with Soul Survivor and Mike Pilavachi has been whirring away in the back of my mind since the news broke. Wasn’t sure whether to share these thoughts, but was encouraged to do so by someone I trust. Hope they are useful. “What if?” -

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@lucaslarner

9 months

A recent survey by @unitetheunion Faith Workers Branch showed a pretty major disconnect between senior figures and the general wellbeing and working conditions of clergy. Take note CofE!

Rev Jody Stowell 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴

@RevJodyStowell

9 months

I feel that the Clergy stipend delay debacle has surprised those at the centre in how much some Clergy are actually dependent on their stipend to live day to day. That, of course, is what stipend means. Prayers for those stressing and struggling today. You are seen. 🙏🏽❤️🕯️

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@lucaslarner

7 months

For the last 3 years the CofE's Church House in Westminister has continued to be hired out for the 'Land Warfare Conference' sponsored by arms dealers supplying weapons currently used in Palestine. Can't see any coverage on this since 2019, and no info for this year yet /1

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@lucaslarner

1 year

Missa plastica printed, sermon written, New musical setting learned, and a few quiet moments stolen away to be still before the reserved sacrament. Looking about ready for my first Mass as the Priest-In-Charge of St Andrew’s Luton. (10am on Blenheim Crescent if you’re joining!)

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@lucaslarner

2 years

Wonderful to attend Fr @RajivDSidhu ‘s first mass tonight with @giacbelloli @HannahBarraclo8 @SophCowan and others. Look out CofE, we’re coming! 😉

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@lucaslarner

8 months

Sometimes what you need is to hit things with a hammer. Had a grand time with Godfrey, a stalwart of our church and retired welder firing up Brigid’s Forge for a first practice run at making a little soil knife. We’ll be making garden tools out of amnestied knives /1

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@lucaslarner

1 year

So what you're saying is that it's wrong to march for a ceasefire on, checks notes, A DAY OF REMEMBERING THE SIGNING OF A CEASEFIRE?!!!!! WHAT IS THIS MAD ISLAND WE LIVE ON?!!!!!!

Rishi Sunak

@RishiSunak

1 year

My statement on the disrespectful protests planned for Armistice Day.

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@lucaslarner

7 months

After an inspiring and hope-filled meeting with a Muslim colleague dreaming of bringing faith leaders and RE teachers together in Luton, she gave me this gift of Glastonbury incense. To say I’m moved to tears would be an understatement. /1

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@lucaslarner

9 months

I resonate with so much of this. Despite a lovely DDO, the process itself did significant harm to my wellbeing. From first interview to my licensing as incumbent last year, my body was screaming “threat!” the whole time.

"Jonathan"

@CofESurvivor

9 months

🧵 On the selection process for ordained ministry in @churchofengland as this is where the conditioning, control and blurring of boundaries begins.

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Luke Larner

@lucaslarner

8 months

Finally finished watching ‘Mr Bates Vs The Post Office’. Aside from being a very moving piece of TV, it is a parable for our times, teaching us that if working people want justice: -the odds are stacked against them -they need to get organised en masse -they need to be stubborn!

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