Broken Rites

And that's just the getting started...

Cost of living crisis laid bare as almost half of Britons ‘have £25 at end of week’ Exclusive: Majority of UK adults forced to make difficult choices, with almost two-thirds found to be cutting back on essentials like food and heating

This is shocking. Cost of living crisis laid bare as almost half of Britons ‘have under £25 left at end of week’

Majority of UK adults forced to make difficult choices, with almost two-thirds found to be cutting back on essentials like food and heating

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Hooray for everyone recognising that Cathy & Heathcliff's is more of a horror story than a love story

Excellent. Grateful to hear the unhelpful dynamics are being named and addressed.
We need a follow-up study about the knock-on to the people around them please!

Thank you 🙌

This is the biggest issue for those of us whose family homes were #TiedAccommodation. If you're not the office-holder, you have zero rights. You might think a moral duty would be recognised in the case of a #Vicarage or #Manse.. Sadly not

Thanks. Things are on the up for me but there are so many people worse off, many of them with little prospect of escaping the broken systems.
It always helps to connect with people who "get it"! Have a good day

So true. Grief & exhaustion has to be "depression & anxiety" in order to buy me & my kids some recovery time. When any joy, or ability to function more highly, begins to break through, it feels like it needs to be hidden in order to perform the illness.

More polarisation results from dehumanising them.
Agree about the tiredness though. Heard of another brilliant charity which has disengaged from all online/media discourse to safeguard its clients. Handing over the narrative cos culture of fear.
Didn't there used to be other motives in the world?

But then they'll have to find another excuse to hide in the study 😲

Good memories from Clergy Spice days 30+ years ago 🫣

Whatever..!

Wow

No wonder she's tired

We feel your pain 😬

Up 16 places in this month’s Official Folk Albums Chart is the album “Troubled Horses” from @martynjosephwales.bsky.social. It features heartfelt and moving songs like this.

▶️ Watch the full Chart Show here: youtu.be/UxtdKN4OOxk

...said in no Vicarage, ever..!

Thank you all for your work on this 🙌

All very plausible

Their recipe book is excellent. My mum is raving about the vinegar cake

More than 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern DRC, officials say Rubaya mine produces about 15% of the world’s coltan, which is processed into tantalum, used in mobile phones

This tragic incident highlights the completely exploitative underpinnings of our dependency on digital devices, and the limits of any talk in the global north of 'digital ethics', 'tech ethics' etc.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

"Jesus calls us not to control one another, but to set one another free"- yes please

Maybe invisibility is our superpower...🤔

Two great advocates for justice & peace 😍🙌

Maybe there is a way to hide the fact that you're desperately looking for work as an old woman, who in other times & places would be retired, & who's far too scary for a 20-something boss to appoint?
#jobseekers #AI #WhatsThePoint?

Report outlines barriers to training for working-class ordinands ahead of Synod debate Perception remains that all clergy are middle class

Working-class candidates continue to experience a “cultural loss” of identity when exploring a vocation to the priesthood, as well as both academic and financial barriers to training, a paper due to be debated by the #GeneralSynod next month says

#class

Churches say divorce is about “falling out of love.”
Data says otherwise. Infidelity is one of the top reasons people divorce.

Women file more often due to: immaturity, porn use, physical/emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and substance abuse.

(2014 Relationships in America Survey)

Promotional graphic for a webinar titled "UK Poverty 2026" by JRF, featuring an adult pushing a stroller with a child walking alongside, with a red brick house in the background. Event takes place at 10:30am to midday on Thursday 29th January.

🚨 Last chance to register!

Tomorrow, we'll be hosting a webinar to mark the launch of our UK Poverty 2026 report.

A panel of frontline practitioners and our analysts will discuss the findings and opportunities for action.

Not to be missed!

Sign up now: https://bit.ly/459R16V

Sometimes they have their uses 😉💪🙌

Often those who really need it are unable to access a retreat. We're grateful for bursaries, but if you're a single parent with unhappy kids, no car, and no support, it's a distant dream.
How can they be supported? There is so much need...