With apologies for the minor silence in the last week, it’s time for a catch-up and a reflection! Just over a week ago, we had the ‘Leavers’ Service’ at Ridley Hall – the last official engagement for all those who are leaving college this year to take up curacies and, of course, be ordained. We [...]
Just a brief one, but in the ongoing saga of the Wycliffe Hall controversy, there are two articles worth reading from Wycliffe Hall and one of their students. I’m not going to comment on Dr Turnbull’s reply in the Guardian, there’s plenty of response amongst the comments on that site to last a lifetime. There’s [...]
It’s been a busy week – a busy few weeks in fact. Tomorrow is deadline day for the second semester essays here at Ridley. Essentially, academically speaking, it’s the culmination of my first year. In the last few weeks and days, I’ve written four different essays. There is one on iconography and what it can [...]
The Radio 4 Sunday programme had a long ten minute piece on the situation at Wycliffe Hall which didn’t say much that isn’t already known for those that have been following along. However, if you haven’t, it’s worth a listen to get a brief overview. (update: the slot starts 34 mins into the programme). Richard [...]
So, The Guardian have sharpened their knives and have them fully trained on eviscerating Richard Turnbull, principal at Wycliffe Hall. I mused about whether I would blog on the situation at Wycliffe again and I do so somewhat reluctantly, but I can’t but comment on Richard’s speech to the Reform conference last year which is [...]
Various things are starting to emerge regarding Wycliffe Hall… at least more press response: Anglican Mainstream carried a statement from the College Council Church Times and the Church of England Newspaper have both run articles this week (CEN basically reproduced the Anglican Mainstream one). It is also THE topic of conversation here at Ridley Hall [...]
I wish. No, the news in the Guardian today is that all is not well at Wycliffe Hall College over in Oxford with a mass exodus of staff upset at the principal, Dr Richard Turnbull. Now, of course, I know better than to trust what I read in the newspapers and I will watch what [...]
A friend sent me yesterday a link to this interesting little article from a Stateside blogger about a session at Seabury, an Episcopal theological college in the US. I’ve not met Bishop Neil Alexander but I know various people in the USA who really rate him very highly and it sounds like a great session [...]
Last Friday, our first lecture of term was a double session with a voice coach. Regular readers of this blog will have noted that this is something I was quite keen to see happen at Ridley and so I was very glad of the opportunity. It was quite an experience and definitely deserves a little [...]
I know I have been incredibly poor recently at blogging. The every day demands of the L4 campaign meant that I was more inclined by the end of it to never blog again than come back regularly to my blog here. I can only offer humble pie (hence the pic) to anyone who has been [...]
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