K C Long

Things that you didn't expect to do as a priest 274:

Arranging the collection of a massive pumpkin

An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.

A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.

"I heard no compassion in what you said...".

"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".

Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...

Mural by JDL Street Art in Roubaix, Lille, France, depicting the Statue of Liberty covering her face with both hands in a gesture of shame. The figure is painted in shades of grey with teal accents on the torch and crown, set against a muted background with a golden halo-like circle. The artwork spans the side of a tall brick building, contrasting modern street art with historic European architecture in the surrounding cityscape.

"A mural of the Statue of Liberty in shame" by JDL Street Ar in Lille , Roubaix France 🇫🇷

A homemade Hobbes stuffed animal from Calvin & Hobbes, made by Kat’s grandma

It’s Calvin & Hobbes cartoonist Bill Watterson’s birthday today. When I was a kid I was so obsessed with Calvin & Hobbes that I carried around a stuffed bear and called it Hobbes. There’s no official merch (which I love), so my grandma painstakingly crafted this for me. Pic of him from my mom today

Perfect example today of why equating 'working class ministry' with 'less academic pathways' is a lazy, patronising sterotype: getting into the finer points of textual criticism and the Q Source in response to questions from parishioners at Bible Study here in the bottom 1% of the deprivation index.

YES. THIS. 👏

On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.

A manuscript with an illumination of a bear sat beside some beehives, with bee friends flying around him.

“What day is it?” said Pooh.
“Why, it’s #WorldBeeDay“ 🐝

📜 Harley 3448

Before vaccines, 1 in 5 babies didn’t survive a year. -Dr. Neil Stone

@drneilstone.bsky.social

Eugenicists are so stupid.

"You boy! What tariff is it today?"

Order of the Holy Paraclete

Let us pray for the Order of the Holy Paraclete in Ghana & the UK
Order of the Community of the Paraclete in the USA
Community of the Holy Name in Australia

US defense department removes Black Medal of Honor recipient from website Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters “DEI” added to website address The US defense department webpage celebrating an army general who served in the Vietnam war and was awarded the country’s highest…

US defense department removes Black Medal of Honor recipient from website

Two Franciscan sisters at a march in central London holding signs against violence against women

On this International Women’s Day, two novice Sisters from the Community of St Francis joined the Million Women Rise march in central London in support of ending violence against women.

Top DIY tip.

When doing painting, don't leave your only set of house keys in the paint scuttle, and then pour paint all over them, only to discover them when you're cutting in.

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A bookstall filled with SCM Press books, including Three Mile an Hour God, The Craft of Church Planting, Preaching Women, Confounding the Mighty, The Eucharist in Four Dimensions, (Un)Certain, The Bible and Disability, Present in Every Place, Introducing James H Cone

Attention Cambridge, and particularly students of Ridley Hall and @westcotthousecam.bsky.social - we will be bringing a bookstall to your Vestments Fair on Monday! See you at Ridley Hall with some tasty bargains on books while stocks last 📚

Pope Francis to stay in hospital because of ‘complex clinical picture’ Vatican statement says pontiff, 88, is being treated for a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract Pope Francis will remain in hospital for as long as required after tests undertaken in recent days showed a “complex clinical picture”, the…

Pope Francis to stay in hospital because of ‘complex clinical picture’

N.Y.C. Council Speaker Calls on Mayor Eric Adams to Resign The push by the speaker, Adrienne Adams, a Democrat, signals the mayor’s loss of one of his principal partners in government.

Adrienne Adams, the speaker of the New York City Council and one of Mayor Eric Adams’s principal partners in government, said on Monday that Adams should resign. The statement came just hours after four of Eric Adams’s eight deputy mayors announced they would leave City Hall

Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Andrew Tate Tristan and Andrew Tate have been charged with sexual misconduct, organised crime and money laundering

A president of the rapists, by the rapists, and for the rapists.

Musk Team Seeks Access to I.R.S. System With Taxpayers’ Records A White House spokesman said that the initiative called the Department of Government Efficiency needed to review data to fix waste within the agency.

The IRS is preparing to give a team member working with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency access to sensitive taxpayer data. IRS data is tied to millions of Americans, including their tax returns, Social Security numbers, addresses, banking details, and employment information.

O Lord, grant us a quiet night and a peaceful end. #BlueSkyCompline

Canterbury Cathedral

Yes. Vile.

A tiny watchful fragment in the chapter house at Durham Cathedral.
#StainedGlassSunday

Wow.

An excellent thread from @andyshamel.bsky.social please read all of it.

Thank you so much Andy. A superb thread.

She called Trump out People all around the world are standing with Bishop Budde in the face of Trump's attacks.

Did you see how this Bishop called out Trump's cruelty? Now he's marked her as the enemy, and she's even getting death threats. Please show her we stand with her and support her message of compassion: secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/...?

The Good Old Days (1st February 1974). Lord Charles demonstrates his skills as a ventriloquist.