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Christopher Landau

2 years

Why do disagreements among Christians so easily turn toxic? And can the Christian tradition itself offer a way forward? 'Loving Disagreement' is published... TODAY! £10 launch price with free delivery:

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

As a former BBC journalist I don't relish pointing out the casual on-air dismissal of sincere religious experience, but I felt @bbcnickrobinson on @BBCr4today this Good Friday morning did just that, interviewing Hilton Murray-Philipson, a coronavirus survivor (transcript follows)

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

The Bishop of Oxford's concern: "a radical dislocation between the Church of England and the culture and society we are attempting to serve" Morning prayer: the faith of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; the lukewarm church in Laodicea; prayer "to reject the world’s deceits".

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

Christian faith is not about 'tricks with the mind', in intensive care or anywhere else. Please can this be respected, even if not agreed with, not least on Good Friday. @RelMedCentre @rosiedawson @ajcdeane @seatrout

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

Here's to the women clergy who lead churches that aren't deemed prestigious, are in out-of-the-way locations, or with buildings of little architectural merit. I don't have stats, but my impression is that women clergy have taken on many such roles. #InternationalWomensDay

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

“...one of the very powerful images I had in that moment of great distress and struggle was the image of Jesus calming the storm on the sea of Galilee, and that just came to me, and I would like to think that was Jesus Christ coming to me, and helping me in my hour of need.”

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

Just a reminder: it's not compulsory to assume the worst about fellow Christians with whom you disagree.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

I am so struck by the power and quality of the singing. Too often in 'charismatic' worship, the band is so overpowering that the sense of a corporate, shared experience involving every human voice is lost. Not so here. (And - note the "thee"s!)

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

The @churchofengland urgently needs to take seriously the impact of the SDF process on 'regular' parish clergy morale. (1/4)

Revd Garry Roberts

@revdgarry

3 years

So let me get this right…new resource church in my Diocese is getting £750k to spend on the building & £500k for 5 members of staff whilst tomorrow I will be elbow deep in sh*t fixing our church toilet. Oh how I wish I had been called by God in an HTB church not a normal parish

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

I desperately want to see more constructive conversations within the church about spiritual renewal. The HTB / @AngelaTilby debate over the last few days is personal for me as my faith came alive in an HTB plant during my twenties (thanks @jvalentine63 !). Here goes...

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

5 months

"Ordinary Time resumes today". Aren't these such disappointing words? Surely we should be embarking on a few weeks of Pentecost Season! #nicheAnglican

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

Anglican Twitter - Maundy Thursday Special... That person you basically despise on here The one whose tradition leaves you cold You're invited to wash their feet. John 13:34-5

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

Please note @bbcnickrobinson 's gracious response:

Nick Robinson

@bbcnickrobinson

4 years

@allisonpearson @talkChristianly @BBCr4today Forgive me. I didn’t mean to dismiss his or anyone else’s faith. I’d been told he’d had a series of vivid dreams. As it happens I was on a ventilator & heavily sedated myself almost 40 years ago & still remember mine. My words got a bit jumbled (like my dreams). Happy Easter.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

. @giles_fraser laments what being a bishop does to people spiritually - but what about the spiritual impact of relentlessly negative coverage by church people about the church? As a journalist-turned-priest I'm often astounded by our willingness publicly to wound each other.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

"It might sound a bit strange, but I was listening to the sermon..." Quite extraordinary to hear @sajidjavid speak of how the National Prayer Breakfast influenced his decision to resign. Never underestimate the power of preaching!

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

I remain convinced that 'renew the parish' is a better rallying cry than 'save the parish'.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

I keep thinking, WWJSD (What would John Stott do)? Of evangelicals within the CofE, he once said: "We went from a ghetto to being on the ascendancy, which is a very dangerous place to be. Pride is the ever-present danger that faces all of us."

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

Anglican Twitter: I know it's Holy Week, everyone's tired, but it's quite remarkable how many people are happy to criticise one slide tweeted without context from a seminar they didn't attend... This will form (another) case study for why I advocate 'loving disagreement'.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

I care sufficiently about Christians learning to disagree lovingly, I wrote a book about it...

SCM Press

@SCM_Press

3 years

Drawing on New Testament themes, @talkChristianly explores the nature of an ethic of disagreement, and its practical implications for the church's public theological witness, as well as its liturgy. A Theology of Disagreement. Out 31 May, Pre-order now

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

Nick Robinson: “Well, it’s so powerful that you have that, partly, I have to say, partly because of the drugs you have to be on in order to be on a ventilator machine, [Hilton heard laughing] which plays tricks with the mind doesn’t it, really."

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

Here's to churches where no stiff upper lip is required.

Elizabeth Oldfield

@ESOldfield

1 year

I sobbed solidly through church today and my goodness am I grateful for a place where I can go and do that and no one turns a hair but just passes the tissues.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

10 months

What overlooked factor unites Pope Francis and the Archbishop of Canterbury, and helps explain why their initiatives on sexuality are infuriating both progressives and conservatives? They are both the first holders of their office to experience charismatic renewal. A thread:

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

@bbcnickrobinson @allisonpearson @BBCr4today I certainly don't think @BBCr4today dismisses Christianity wholesale, but little comments/mistakes have a cumulative effect - eg a few days ago you called this week Easter Week, rather than Holy Week (Easter Week is next week) - many in the audience will have noticed the error.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

An unwritten rule at HTB is never publicly to criticise a fellow Christian. I found, and find, this a gospel-shaped principle that seeks to build unity wherever possible. Of course it's ok to critique and disagree, but please #Anglicantwitter can we try and do this in love?

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

The worst thing about what has happened with LLF at General Synod? The sense that we all apparently have to accept, with weary resignation, a compromise that no-one actually wants, because we’re encouraged to believe this is the best option this side of heaven! A thread…

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

Being a consultant to the latest part of the LLF process has been... interesting. As Synod prepares to meet, here's my plea for theological coherence, and appropriate scrutiny, rather than Anglican fudge. (And - I proposed a more nuanced headline...!)

CofE leaders have forgotten Church teaching on sex

The proposed Prayers of Love and Faith, offering blessings for LGBT couples, go before General Synod this week. But Rev Dr Christopher Landau says fundamental questions remain unanswered. He's making...

www.premierchristianity.com

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

Given all the scandals within the very parts of the church that particularly relish seeking the Holy Spirit, this feels like a complex Pentecost. But don't let disappointment in people prevent your heart being strangely warmed, and more, by the God who still speaks and acts.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

Paywall-free version of this fascinating Telegraph article. I'm someone nurtured in this context. Does it matter if services in these churches are often almost unrecognisable as Anglican acts of worship...? Could Gen Z save the Church of England?

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

My first visit to @LeeAbbeyDevon , in a landscape of exceptional beauty, to co-lead a @ReSourceARM retreat with Felicity Lawson.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

10 months

[Given the trivialisation of coeliac disease this week] Clergy - if you're still offering Communion via intinction, remember it's not safe for coeliacs to dip a wafer in the same wine as everyone else. Please help ensure Christmas services are safely gluten-free! @Coeliac_UK

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

To anyone labouring away on a writing project and wondering if it will ever make it to print... one day your publisher might tweet the arrival of a REAL PHYSICAL COPY!

David Shervington

@ShervingtonD

3 years

Just arrived 🎊 Congratulations Christopher Landau ( @talkChristianly )

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

9 months

Lots of commentary on what's wrong with the CofE. My honest response? Read the start of Acts 19. When the church takes God's promises about the Spirit seriously... a world-changing movement grows. When we act only in our own strength, reliant on human wisdom... not so much.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

Anyone want to pray for Martyn & Emma Percy and Christ Church ahead of a crucial meeting tomorrow? A friend and I are going to pray morning prayer at 9am (Fri 17th) on Zoom. DM me for a link to join. 9-9:30, morning prayer + the litany + intercession.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

7 months

As someone committed to helping the @churchofengland have a better, deeper conversation about the Holy Spirit - I have to say this is at best confusing (does it mean to refer specifically to black *Christian* spirituality?) and at worst, an undermining of key Christian doctrine.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

5 years

5 things too easily missed or overlooked in mainstream media coverage of #NotreDame #NotreDameCathedralFire (thread) 1. This is Holy Week, so it couldn’t happen at a more poignant time in the Christian calendar (not Easter Week, as on CNN!)

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

A prayer for everyone responding to 'Living in Love and Faith' Lord Jesus Christ, help us To love our Christian neighbour with whom we disagree To dare to see Christ in one another To be ready to learn from each other And to seek the truth that you promise sets us free. Amen.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

It's surely part of the ongoing miracle of Establishment that the Prime Minister reads from Romans 14 in a public act of Christian worship: "...why do you judge your brother or sister? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God’s judgment seat"

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

11 months

Christians: the inconvenient truth is that the fellow Christian - from another tribe or tradition - who you publicly decry on here remains your sibling on the one vine. Oh yes, and our founder said that those beyond the church would notice it because of the mutual love within it!

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

The CofE has around 5000 parishes with 15-55 people worshipping on a typical Sunday. I think their particular needs - and potential - are too often overlooked. On 22nd November, in Telford, @leydenmichael from @EmmanuelTheoCol is our keynote speaker:

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

6 months

Is it possible both to grieve the Mike Pilavachi situation, and retain confidence in charismatic theology? A🧵

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

'“Blah,” go the atheists. But upon this “blah” I hang my whole life.' Poignant, poetic reflections from @giles_fraser on the church as family, on London's gentrification, and the ultimate coherence of Christian faith. Have I abandoned my flock? @UnHerd

Have I abandoned my flock?

Faith always involves the risk of failure

unherd.com

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

@BBCNews At what point does @BBCr4today admit that daily racing tips, often offered jokily, trivialising gambling, have no justifiable place within public service broadcasting? @omrgriffiths @steve_mawhinney

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

As someone fascinated by how Christians disagree in public, here are some questions that arise for me from the Bishop of Oxford's letter to the Alliance...

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

8 months

Canon F16: 1. When any church... is to be used for a play, concert, or exhibition of films or pictures, the minister shall take care that the words, music, and pictures are such as befit the House of God, are consonant with sound doctrine, and make for the edifying of the people.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

Never funded by an oligarch. Often criticised, seldom bettered. Champion of creativity. Gently promoting the common good. Run - largely! - by amazing people. Shedding light. And even, sometimes, leading prayer. Thank you BBC, from a onetime employee. #BBC100

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

Page proofs have arrived in the post from @SCM_Press . This is getting real...

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

I'm struck by this as an example of the particularly curious place Christianity inhabits in our national psyche (and I also realise I long for the day when this isn't an apparently acceptable expletive).

Clive Myrie

@CliveMyrieBBC

3 months

JEEEESUS CHRIST!!!!

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

A substantial breakdown of collegiality and unity among the bishops is highly significant, whatever your view of the issues being faced.

Sam Hailes ن

@samhailes

1 year

Exclusive: Dissenting bishops speak out on same-sex blessings via @Christianitymag

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

Not just a US phenomenon. I often wonder why so many churches are so reticent about blending the old and new (or even the ancient and modern, to coin a phrase...!)

Kelsey Kramer McGinnis

@kkramermcginnis

1 year

@Peter_Assad Some of the sadder conversations I have are with older church members who never get to sing the songs they grew up with. They feel like the soundtrack of their faith has been completely forgotten. Or has become a joke.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

Why would Synod not wish to follow its established procedures, in a way that commands the widest confidence? Or to put it another way, if Synod ignores its own rules on this, what are the future implications?

Exclusive: Bishops call for LLF re-think for sake of unity

Writing ahead of next week's General Synod, where the Church of England will consider offering stand alone services where same-sex couples can be blessed, eleven Church of England bishops warn such...

www.premierchristianity.com

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

I wonder how different the church would look if a model more like the Bishop of London's Mission Fund had been adopted. In my curacy church we received £50,000 over 3 years for a children/families worker. The impact in two ordinary parishes was amazing.

The Bishop of London

www.london.anglican.org

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

“The Queen was anointed at the coronation, wasn’t she?” Must-read from Rowan Williams, on the theology of anointing, the Queen's character, and why monarchy defies identity politics, holding us 'in a kinship we haven’t had to invent for ourselves'.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

10 months

A plea to the Bishops as they meet tomorrow: I have never known such anxiety about the CofE's future, its unity, its witness to the nation. I urge you to provide clarity about standalone services: what 'possibly on a trial basis' means; and how this is explained to couples.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

11 months

Wondering if one takeaway from the Synod vote is that the church is called BOTH to be more faithful to its doctrinal inheritance, AND more welcoming and compassionate to everyone. Perhaps it's even an Anglican charism to try and live faithfully and honestly in this tension?

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

9 months

Heard a wonderful story this morning about a young family from a larger, urban church who felt called by God to become part of their local village church. Really got me thinking (& praying) about the kind of impact this could have if seen more widely.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

A friend recently left 196 plastic ducks hidden around a convent. She had been living in the community for several months, so it was one way of being remembered after she left. The world surely needs more of this kind of play...

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

5 months

I hope all those attending the LLF mini-break in Leicestershire have been given full, confidential access to the legal advice previously given to the House of Bishops. Without it, surely the groups' ability to 'feed in' to the Programme Board's work is significantly impaired?

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

Rowan Williams wrote after his death, "He was a man of rare graciousness and deep personal kindness.... Without ever compromising his firm evangelical faith, he showed himself willing to challenge some of the ways in which that faith had become conventional or inward-looking."

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

The Bishop of Bath and Wells' cautionary speech at Synod seems significant, given his previous support of LLF: "If our church is one where our doctrine is expressed by our liturgy, then the standalone services look very much like a wedding."

General Synod July 2024 | Monday 8 Afternoon

General Synod July 2024 group of sessions.Please note these subtitles are autogenerated and may sometimes contain mistakes over which we have no control.

www.youtube.com

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

How can we face our inevitable disagreements in authentically Christian ways? Join @ElaineStorkey , @SelinaRStone , @joannacollicutt and Prof David Ford in conversation (with me!) about A Theology of Disagreement, 7pm on Tue 8th June @stmellitus @RiponCuddesdon @trinity_bristol

HeartEdge

@HeartEdge_

3 years

Check out "Book Launch: Theology of Disagreement" @EventbriteUK .

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

6 months

For various reasons, not all of them positive, there is a deep need for a better understanding of the theology of the Holy Spirit across the breadth of the church. Our 5-week series of conversations begins next Tuesday, and I'll be joined by @lucepeppiatt from @wtctheology .

ReSource

@ReSourceARM

6 months

Join us next week for the first in our series of online pentecost conversations! We'll be joined by @lucepeppiatt , Principal at @wtctheology . Find out more-

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

5 years

Are liturgical and charismatic traditions willing to learn from each other, and even risk combining the best of both? @AJWTheology @nickjdrake @danhames @danielwarnke

Spirit and Sacrament: An invitation to eucharismatic worship, by Andrew Wilson

Christopher Landau looks at a plea to be ‘eucharismatic’

www.churchtimes.co.uk

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

I feel it's a public service to alert @thehuwedwards to the fact that an internationally renowned theologian across the pond is 'quite smitten' with him...

Fleming Rutledge

@flemingrut

2 years

I'm quite smitten with Hew (he's Welsh) Edwards who announced the Queen's death on BBC (see previous Tweet) and has presided over everything since. Was delighted to read that he is a committed, observant Christian.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 months

I do wonder if one way forward on LLF would be for the church to encourage the growth of Open Table in every diocese, and for designated Open Table churches in each diocese (or episcopal area) to be the hosts for the proposed 3 years of experimental standalone services?

Open Table Network

@opentablelgbt

4 months

TODAY we celebrate 16 years of creating safer sacred spaces for LGBTQIA+ people in churches. TONIGHT the 1st Open Table community invites YOU to our 16th birthday celebration in person & online. READ MORE: You're #MoreThanWelcome to #ComeAsYouAre

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

10 months

The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham's letter to his diocese is published here. I fail to see why the legal advice to the bishops has not been released, but perhaps that explains why there is as yet no further news on the trial of standalone services.

Southwell and Nottingham urges his clergy not to use PLF until canonically authorized

The Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham has written an ad clerum letter asking his clergy to desist from using Prayers of Love and Faith until they have gone through the appropriate process outlined...

anglican.ink

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

Did I mention I'd written a book for @SCM_Press ...?

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

6 months

This is probably best read on Holy Saturday. A reminder of why real journalism (note - not social media commentary) has an important role, shining light even when that is institutionally uncomfortable.

The Fence Magazine

@The_Fence_Mag

6 months

For over a year, @tswyatt has been interviewing the victims of a convicted fraudster, Martin Sargeant who swindled £5 million from the Diocese of London. Sargeant then made a host of lurid allegations, which have had fatal consequences.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

This guestlist feels a bit like a fantasy dinner party: Elaine Storkey. David Ford. Selina Stone. Joanna Collicutt. 4 theologians I admire hugely, discussing A Theology of Disagreement (with me). Free, online, tomorrow at 7pm! Book here: @HeartEdge_

Book Launch: Theology of Disagreement

New Testament Ethics for Ecclesial Conflicts

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

For me, too many complaints about HTB and resource churches are ill-informed, sometimes simply reflecting prejudice against anything 'charismatic evangelical'; but @revdgarry accurately represents a growing sense that there is a divide between 'normal parishes' and a chosen few.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

Are you training for ministry and wondering how as Christians we might improve the ways we disagree in public? Quite a panel is gathering online on Tuesday evening to discuss A Theology of Disagreement - do join us! Please RT @StAugustinesCo @stmellitus @PadarnSant @queensfdn

SCM Press

@SCM_Press

3 years

Book Launch: A Theology of Disagreement" Tues 8 June, 7pm BST Join author @talkChristianly & his guests @ElaineStorkey , @SelinaRStone , @joannacollicutt & David F. Ford to explore the nature of an ethic of disagreement. Hosted by @HeartEdge_

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

It's so easy to be negative about the church... but I've been deeply encouraged tonight. Telford Minster commissioned in its new home, after years of work and prayer @Lichfield_CofE . In the home of Ironbridge, Bishop Sarah @godpriest called us to build bridges of faith and love.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

Worth retweeting if only as evidence that @nigelbiggar does own a dog collar. I'm one of many to have benefited from Nigel's wisdom, his ferocious attention to detail, his pastoral care and community-building. An amazing doctoral supervisor, and a surprisingly inspiring priest.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

@MadsDavies Almost six months into being director of @ReSourceARM I'm struck by how many clergy tell me they feel national and diocesan ideas assume a Sunday gathering of 80+. We explicitly champion 'little, local, ordinary' churches and it's amazing how many are drawn to us by that focus.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

After many months of waiting... a trusted, experienced and admired correspondent has been appointed to this vital role @RelMedCentre @sandfordawards @ChurchTimes

BBC News Press Team

@BBCNewsPR

3 years

Congratulations to Aleem Maqbool ( @AleemMaqbool ) who has been appointed as the BBC's new Religion Editor. He will start his post in Spring 2022. More details here:

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

Turns out the answer is - today! @amolrajan announced the end of daily racing tips at 0729 this morning.

Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

@BBCNews At what point does @BBCr4today admit that daily racing tips, often offered jokily, trivialising gambling, have no justifiable place within public service broadcasting? @omrgriffiths @steve_mawhinney

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@talkChristianly

4 years

I love this: - prayer is normalised - prayer is about and for everyone - the Archbishop comes across as engaging and fun - it's an example of the church engaging confidently with mass media

Good Morning Britain

@GMB

4 years

Archbishop of Canterbury @JustinWelby admits he prays for Boris Johnson every day🙏 But are they are working? He’s also had to pray for @Piersmorgan once before😇 Watch it all here👉

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

I have a nagging fear: that Christians have stopped noticing the damage caused by the ways we ordinarily disagree in public. Blog here...

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

Think of the person in your church you find most irritating. Why not pray for them, and your relationship with them? If we're serious about pursuing #ChristianUnity , we have to start at home. ('By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.')

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

Praying for bishops as they meet to discuss LLF... ... that they will uphold the dignity of all, and pursue the singular truth that sets us free ... that they will be peacemakers in a divided church ... that they will seek, and preserve, unity. What a heavy task they face.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

It's quite an encouragement when you've worked for years on a text about disagreement among Christians, and then the national ecumenical body uses the book as a framework for discussion and reflection. Thank you @ChurchesEngland (and @ShervingtonD of @SCM_Press )

CTE

@ChurchesEngland

3 years

Challenging discussions this morning as we explore how to ‘disagree well’ and the theology of disagreement “God help us as we journey together in our pilgrimage of unity” #ChurchesTogether

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

10 months

My point is that if we fail to consider the shared spiritual experience that unites the leaders of these two churches in a profoundly personal way, we miss something crucial - which is grounded in their understanding of, encounter with, and hope in, the power of the Holy Spirit.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

As I prepare for my first @BBCRadio2 Pause for Thought with @OJBorg tonight, a mystery member of @StAldatesOxford has done this... (I'll be thinking about the power of prayer by the way!)

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Christopher Landau

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3 years

I hope @BBCR4Sunday is recording a montage of match commentary with @JohnSentamu - I need to hear his voice not just read the tweets Or perhaps a motivational reflection ahead of the final?!

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

10 months

On ethical issues I believe the Spirit calls people to resist both a shrill, hardline conservatism and an accommodatory, 'anything goes' liberalism. This is modelled on Christ himself, who always met people where they were, and also invited them on a journey of transformation.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

9 months

Struck by how toxic so much 'Christian' conversation on here remains. Perhaps we need to rediscover praying for our enemies? Reminded of Bonhoeffer on intercessory prayer: "I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray."

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

In essence, I am amazed to see the church I love take a deliberate vote in the direction of disunity and division, combined with calculated doctrinal unclarity. I hope and pray that a better - more theologically and pastorally coherent - way forward might yet be found.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

“Christians believe amazing things. And one of the most profound and wonderful truths we hold is this: that almighty God, the maker of heaven and earth, gives to us the gift of the Holy Spirit, who comes to live in us.” @Steven_Croft on the Holy Spirit

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

I'm hoping (and praying) for theological coherence.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

4 years

Honoured to be writing 'A Theology of Disagreement' for @SCM_Press - and hoping that Christians can learn to face our inevitable disagreements in a recognisably loving way. Publication anticipated May 2021!

David Shervington

@ShervingtonD

4 years

Almost simultaneously with the publication of Living and Love and Faith, Christopher Landau ( @talkChristianly ) has just sent me the final manuscript of this...

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

In the debates we face, we surely need to recover a humility which seeks to speak truth in genuine love (heard as loving by those with whom we disagree!), and which gives the pursuit of unity its proper, treasured place in the life of the church.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

The Canons say this:

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

2 years

Were there fewer than 50 people at your church yesterday? If you'd value a day of encouragement specifically for those leading smaller churches, @ReSourceARM is hosting a day in Telford next Saturday...

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

Meanwhile the idea (John 8:32) that there is such a thing as singular truth, and that Christians are being led towards it, seems to have been abandoned in favour of a fragile disunity where competing theologies are held in irreconcilable tension.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 months

To accuse the Alliance of 'doom laden and catastrophising language' risks caricaturing an opponent, rather than seeking mutual understanding. Perhaps Romans 12:18 offers the reminder we all need: "If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all".

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

6 years

Moving to hear on @BBCR4Sunday from a man baptised among the ruins of St Bride's during WW2; and @bbclysedoucet on dangers facing journalists today. Church as 'spiritual home for media' still vital. @AlisonJoyce12 @MarkFoxNews @RelMedCentre @CI_MediaUK

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

7 months

You may think I'm naive in saying this, but I honestly believe many of the church's problems have a root cause - an impoverished view of the Holy Spirit. If you're at all interested in exploring this, you might like to note these Tuesday lunchtime 'Pentecost Conversations'...

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

3 years

I care about this because Martyn was unfailingly supportive to me when I trained at Cuddesdon while he was principal; and until earlier this year I was an hon. cathedral chaplain at Christ Church. This was my final sermon:

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

1 year

@AngelaTilby @churchofengland An even more important answer (surely) is seeing this translated into the life of ordinary local parishes - probably without the same kind of architectural and musical excellence, but with the offer of local connection and community (and the same Holy Spirit...!) @Vicky_ljohnson

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

6 years

Personally I'm delighted there are prayers in parliament at 1130 today... seeking wisdom from beyond ourselves. #prayforparliament #BrexitVote @PeteGreig @churchstate

PARLY

@PARLYapp

6 years

. @CrispinBlunt has tabled an EDM saying that Parliamentary Prayers are not compatible with a society which respects the principle of freedom of and from religion and should not form part of the official business of Parliament.

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Christopher Landau

@talkChristianly

10 months

A key verse is Romans 2:4, 'Do you not realise that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?'. How is anyone going to find the path of life (which I believe inescapably includes the pursuit of holiness) if they feel they have been denied God's kindness by the church?

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