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Assistant Curate at St Johnβs, Loughton | PhD student in masculinities, trauma, theology | Author of βBoys Will Be Boys, and Other Mythsβ (SCM Press, 2022) | Bisexual π³οΈβπ | Find out lots more, including publications, here: revdwillrm.com
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A privilege and a pleasure to preach for Candlemas in Cardiff at @stgermancardiff.bsky.social, at the invitation of @scholarpriest.bsky.social. You can watch the sermon here: youtu.be/Hg54NjZ0k-Q?...
01.02.2026 19:48 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0I really enjoyed giving the first lecture of this yearβs Trauma and Theology module at Westcott House @westcotthousecam.bsky.social, before whizzing down to Winchelsea for Nathanael Haylerβs induction as Rector! What a day!
29.01.2026 00:04 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I enjoyed filming this little video with the team at @chelmsdio.bsky.social to tell my story of vocation and to encourage other young people to explore what it means to be called. We all have a gift and a calling to offer - what's yours?
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3g...
Jesus Christ is always at the centre of Christmas. And everyone's invited to experience it with us.
Come and celebrate Christmas at a church near you.
Find services and events in your local community at AChurchNearYou.com/christmas.
My reflection today for the Church of Englandβs social media channels, explaining Gaudete Sunday and why we wear rose! youtu.be/VVn6ExM0QdY?...
15.12.2025 07:06 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0And so... my next book manuscript has been submitted to @scmpress.bsky.social! I'm accompanied by some fantastic scholars, poets, and ministers sharing reflections and research on masculinities and trauma in church and theology. Published Summer 2026!
More info: revdwillrm.com/fornothingishidden
A delightful interruption to my week of annual leave, visiting The Retreat House in Pleshey to hear Bishop Guli @chelmsdio.bsky.social speak on her new book β¦ and another clergy mum and son duo day!
28.10.2025 17:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is such a beautiful, open, and gracious letter. Please do consider signing it if you agree with its content. #FaithfullyLGBT
www.inclusive-church.org/llf-open-let...
PhD Annual Review β All being well, this should be my final oneβ¦ eeek!
09.10.2025 13:24 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A Priest in Godβs Church! ππΌβ€οΈ
29.09.2025 14:39 β π 18 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0It has been a real privilege to be at Lambeth Palace today as a new member of the Church of Englandβs Young Priest Theologian Network! Iβm very grateful to +Guli for putting my name forward to represent @chelmsdio.bsky.social and +Anderson for leading and hosting us. @churchofengland.org
18.09.2025 17:30 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Super pleased to see my article 'Theology and Masculinity: Developments 25 Years On' published in Feminist Theology today! I respond to Ward's 1999 article on what a theology of masculinity might look like, and show how the field has moved since... doi.org/10.1177/0966... (Need access? Let me know!)
16.09.2025 08:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Writing this chapter for a collection about bisexual Christians has been so healing for me. This is my final paragraph:
08.09.2025 19:16 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Our summer sale continues - check out these and others on our website to enjoy reductions on theology across our lists
Cc @revdwillrm.bsky.social @jennstraw.bsky.social @evepoole.bsky.social @drkatiecross.bsky.social @karenod.bsky.social π
Just a reminder that if you havenβt already joined the Feminist Theology Network and want to be part of a supportive, inclusive, vibrant place for feminist & womanist research, you can do so here mailchi.mp/a5e743737064... @feministtheology.bsky.social #feminist #theology #womanist #community
04.08.2025 11:37 β π 17 π 9 π¬ 0 π 0Congratulations to Bishop Cherry Vann, Bishop of Monmouth, who has just been elected to be the new Archbishop of Wales!
Llongyfarchiadau i Esgob Cherry Vann, Esgob Mynwy, sydd newydd gael ei ethol yn Archesgob newydd Cymru!
#ChurchInWales #EglwysYngNghymru #ArchbishopOfWales
3 years ago, I sat along a riverbank in Somerset reading this as the first book for my PhD work. Iβm returning to it today as I start my methodology section, after a supervision this week in which the words βvivaβ, βsubmissionβ, and βexaminersβ came up for the plan of the next yearβ¦
16.07.2025 07:17 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It was great to be broadcast on BBC Radio Wales' All Things Considered this morning, talking all things masculinity and faith.
Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
If you see this - whoever you are, in whatever way I know you (or not!) - consider this an invitation to my First Mass on Sat 27th September at 2.30pm at St Johnβs, Loughton (on the end of the Central Line). Please pray for all those being ordained and get in touch if youβd like a hard copy!
11.07.2025 11:04 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Excited to be speaking to @karenod.bsky.social and @drkatiecross.bsky.social this afternoon as we begin to craft our chapter 'Moving From Feminist Trauma Theologies to Masculinities' for my forthcoming edited volume with @scmpress.bsky.social on masculinities and trauma in church and theology!
07.07.2025 12:13 β π 11 π 1 π¬ 2 π 1Someone has spotted my book in New York! π±π½
04.07.2025 20:01 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0An absolute privilege to preach at Ian Hendersonβs First Mass today. β€οΈ
29.06.2025 15:48 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Always nice to find a new review of my work!
"Accessible, biblically inspired and personally reflexive, Boys Will be Boys ticks all the boxes of effective practical theology." - Alison Webster (2024). www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...
Yes, 27 year old clergyperson here. I feel you!
11.06.2025 17:28 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks - I sure do! Althaus-Reid a great place, as well as Thia Cooper's introduction to their work. Linn Tonstad's 'Queer Theology' and Chris Greenough's 'Queer Theologies: The Basics', as well most works by Susannah Cornwall! Pamela Lightsey's 'Our Lives Matter' is fab too. I could go on...
29.05.2025 12:35 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The most parish hall thing Iβve ever seen (a spoon as a padlock)
17.05.2025 17:00 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0For those interested, here is my talk at St Paul's Cathedral @stpaulscathedral.bsky.social entitled 'Boys will be boys? Being a man before God in the 21st century'.
youtu.be/IpJg8puhSAU?...
It was a real privilege to speak at St Paulβs Cathedral in London this afternoon, giving the lecture βBoys will be boys? Being a man before God in the 21st centuryβ. Thank you to all who came, especially those who bought a copy of my book and had it signed!
Video coming soonβ¦
See you there?!
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