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Well worth a look. Read, Mark, Learn. #comment_3070400" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theconversation.com/a-life-and-dea…

Just published: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Public support for same-sex marriage, charted year by year.

66 recommendations for CofE Safeguarding change. 66 makes us one off the Mark of the Beast. 66 ….. just one of the embodiment of evil. Yet again another completely excoriating report into our safeguarding culture in the Church of England 66 recommendations for the Church of England’s own National Safeguarding Team. Let it sink in..66. This is a judgement: Not on a tiny struggling parish trying to keep the lights on. Not for an exhausted priest or volunteers in a deprived community. Not for the people endlessly told to “improve compliance” Rather it is judgment in our national safeguarding structures themselves. And that raises some very uncomfortable questions. And it needs all of us to take notice, to listen to stand up to demand change. If the NST itself requires this level of recommendation and restructuring, what exactly has been demanded for years of survivors, clergy, dioceses, and parishes in terms of “confidence” and “trust”? If the centre itself lacks capacity, clarity, and consistency, who has really been carrying the safeguarding burden all this time? Because it certainly hasn’t been equally shared. Poorer parishes, overstretched clergy, survivors, and frontline safeguarding officers know that. This is awful. And let’s ask the much much harder question plainly: can safeguarding ever be truly independent while remaining embedded within the very institution whose reputation, liabilities, and internal culture it is also required to protect? No it can’t. No it can’t. This is why so many of us have kept saying the safeguarding crisis was never simply about process. It was about power and culture. Who holds it. Who protects it. Who fears losing it. And who gets sacrificed when institutions become defensive. 66 recommendations do not describe a few isolated mistakes. They describe a system under strain. They also describe the utter lack of leadership that there has been over the past number of years. The present Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich, who was in charge of that culture needs to take responsibility for it. Joanne Grenfell needs to resign. Just like Justin Welby - although he had to be pushed before he went - she needs to show that this lack of responsibility has its consequences for those who were in charge. Otherwise no change will happen. Because for bishops there is never any cost. That then the cost is borne by victims and survivors that the very same bishops even refuse to meet with. And the Church now has to decide whether it wants real safeguarding reform. Real reform that redistributes power and accountability. Real reform that really puts victims and survivors at its heart Real reform that is simply truly Christian, truly Christlike and stands with and raises up the abused. Another round of managerial language, branding exercises, and institutional self-protection dressed up as change simply will no longer do. What would Jesus do? Who will Jesus stand with? Or will you walk by on other side? churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2026/…

To any of our servers suggesting that this sets a precedent for not wearing black shoes at St Bart’s, I refer you to the 37th Article of Religion.

Beautiful French Cafe, Taipei, Taiwan. 🇹🇼 Briefly closed, otherwise I might have spent a lot of time with several espresso…

Grand Hotel Taipei, Taiwan 🇹🇼 - undeniably famous and fantastic.

Mini meringues shaped like cats, giant food court, seafood as far as the eye can see. Taipei Main Station Food Concourse. It’s a destination in its own right. Taiwan 🇹🇼

Drizzling in Taipei. But Taiwan 🇹🇼 has great coffee!

Natural History Museum Taipei.

Grand Hotel, Taipei.

Use of Dinner vs Tea vs Supper In The UK & Ireland credit: @Starkey_Comics More similar maps: brilliantmaps.com/6-ways-to-divi…

🐑 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗶𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 🐑 In safeguarding, we are trained to recognise harm in its most visible forms. But some of the most complex situations arise when care is sincerely intended, yet still results in distress, dependency, or fear. This is clearly seen in the context of deliverance ministry. ⛪ 🙏 Practices framed as spiritual support can sometimes increase vulnerability by:  • Heightening fear rather than peace  • Casting personal struggle as spiritual threat  • Limiting agency or the ability to say “no”  • Fostering dependency on the clergy-person rather than the individual 🛡️𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳. 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁. ❓Does this practice promote freedom, dignity, and informed consent? ❓ Or does it increase anxiety, control, or reliance? These are not always comfortable questions, but they are necessary ones. If care leaves someone more afraid than before, we need to pause and ask why. ⬇️𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 ⬇️ guardingtheflock.com/post/when-care…

66 safeguarding recommendations is not progress. It is what institutional failure looks like when finally written down in PDF form. If a safeguarding system needs 66 separate recommendations just to explain how safeguarding should function, the problem was never a lack of policies. The problem was culture, power, and an institution too committed to protecting itself to confront its own dysfunction honestly. 66 Problems but a Fix Ain’t One @donna_birrell @cathynewman @synod @AleemMaqbool @ChurchTimes @GabriellaSwerl guardingtheflock.com/post/66-proble… #ChurchOfEngland #Safeguarding #Whistleblowing #Accountability #INEQE #Governance

Sixty-six recommendations is not a safeguarding strategy. It is an autopsy report. 🐑 guardingtheflock.com/post/66-proble… #Safeguarding #ChurchOfEngland #Governance #Accountability #Whistleblowing #GuardingtheFlock

WuFongCi, Taiwan

Spent a very interesting morning at the Catholic Sanctuary of Our WuFongCi, Taiwan - way up in the hills, hours away from Taipei. Beautiful scenery, with hot springs, waterfalls, and gret trekking.