Marcus Walker

I cannot overstate how huge a departure this is. The government is saying it knows better than private firms operating in competitive markets how those firms should respond to economic shocks. It's absolutely extraordinary & I know of no economic rationale supporting it.

Uber-sound!

Knocked it out the park with this one guys 👏

With all love and respect, there has been no investment in us beyond the provision of one (1) stipendiary priest for two churches (me). Slowly we’ve played with ideas and services and continue to do so, and slowly we have raised the funds to provide an assistant priest ourselves. The diocese has shown no particular interest in what we do, neither has the national church (beyond some questions about why young adults have started coming to us). I don’t think (a) we can say that one growing church engaging hard with fairly dormant strands of Anglican identity proves a learnt lesson one way or another or (b) that investment has played any part in it. Have I got theories? Yes. Have they been explored anywhere beyond my own dining room? Not to my knowledge. Do I think this is a model for other churches? Only in the basic “lean into your strengths” kindof way not a “try to be St Bart’s” kindof way. I’m not sure if that helps the conversation or not, but I’m also not sure your framing was just.

Two very different city centre Anglican churches, both expanding their Sunday service provision in the coming weeks. We've learnt how urban churches can thrive. Please can we now invest in the renewal of smaller churches, and multi-parish benefices?

@fathergarlick I have a copy, Father!

@WalkerMarcus You need a copy Father!

In London on a Sunday afternoon? In need of Holy Communion? Look no further… a brand new service, in the old High Church tradition, is starting this Sunday. Special points if you’re a member of the @prayerbook_soc!

This looks like a good gig on the front page of last week's Church Times.

@fugitiveink @TheFactCompiler This is where I have to admit that I was searching for a post that I saw the other day which had an article on this and couldn’t find it - but did find this pic instead, which I nicked!

@TheFactCompiler @WalkerMarcus I was going to ask the same thing.

At the Tomb of the Venerable Bede. What better prayer to use than this week’s Collect, that for the Sunday after the Ascension, crafted out of the prayer used by Bede on his deathbed!

@Bartlebeans Well, I went to my brother’s graduation there about a million years ago and slept through most of the event because he’d taken me to a club called Klute.

@WalkerMarcus Is this really your first visit to the ‘northern powerhouse’ that is Durham, Marcus? There’s nowhere like it.

Irish Republic challenged over its refusal to co‑operate with truth recovery and its ongoing case against the UK in Strasbourg. For decades, terrorists found safe haven in the Republic. Yet no accountability there. Why the silence?

This really is a fascinating illustration of a High Church theology of Communion.

Delightfully found one of my key texts - A Rational Illustration of the Book of Common Prayer - in the Durham Cathedral Library just now.

Spent a wonderful few hours showing @holland_tom & @WalkerMarcus around the cathedral

@holland_tom @ShaunMc1701 It was absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much.

@ShaunMc1701 @WalkerMarcus Cannot thank you enough, Shaun - see you on Tuesday!

Okay maybe a FEW differences from St Bat’s. Here or there.

Really *just* like St Bart’s

At Durham Cathedral. It’s really just like St Bart’s.

@RamsdenVerity Oh it’s *utterly* sound. Definitely worth it.

@WalkerMarcus what’s the English parish (Crimean Memorial Church?) like there? It looks beautiful but is it *sound* and worth our time on a Sunday morning?

On the plus side, I’m off to Istanbul on Friday (with or without swimsuits). Recommendations please, oomfs!

@john_ritzema @holysmoke And… ordered. Wity regard to the question on the back cover, here is Dr Cosin on the matter.

Very intriguing! I wonder if this could turn into the C of E equivalent of the Revived TLM – young Anglicans rediscovering their liturgical traditions.