Dean of Brecon in Diocese of Swansea & Brecon. Addicted to recipe books. Public Theology, justice and equality. Chair of the Church in Wales Discernment Panel.
Brecon, Powys
Joined March 2012
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Paul Shackerley retweeted
Inwardly digest this- the best description of what the CofE *actually* is that I’ve ever heard.
I was told today that the Dean of Brecon is taking his privacy and introversion to a whole new level. The cheek. Funny though.
Paul Shackerley retweeted
The church doesn't need to include women, disabled people, queer people, Black people, materially poorer people, or any other groups it intentionally or unintentionally excludes.
The church needs to recognise that without them, there is no church at all.
London Film Music Orchestra brings music magic to Brecon Cathedral - dailymotion.com/video/x95y22… # via @Dailymotion
What a great idea. We might borrow it 😂
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Daily prayers for you my dear friend. And lots of candies of course.
Birthday gift to self today. New table mats and napkin rings. Still waiting for the napkins. Then all ready for the next dinner party. I should get out more, I think 🎉
Great big band sound Brecon Cathedral tonight. Fab crowd. ‘Jazz Mindset’ concert. Quite a good buzz inside and outside today for Brecon Jazz weekend.
Outstanding and powerful message.
I have finally listened to Lucy Winkett’s sermon from @StJPiccadilly this Sunday.
I am so glad I did.
Thanks be to God for Lucy and all those who are able to see the joy of a belonging that reaches out to embrace and not restrict.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=BTbhRO…
I’m two years from retirement. CoE withdrawing from property market in Wales due to Welsh landlord/tenant legislation. CiW provision means they take all pension lump sum and savings to put into property. It’s a nightmare for our generation of retiring priests.
“MORE clergy may need help with retirement housing than previously forecast, the Pensions Board has concluded, after a new survey found that 69 per cent of respondents believed it unlikely that they would own a property on retirement.”
Many disturbing figures. In this report:
1) that 50% of clergy find stipends not sufficient or just about sufficient to live on is difficult in itself
2) but add to that that this means that saving enough for a deposit to buy a house if you have been in ministry for almost your entire life & your partner is on not much more either is not very likely &
3) that the Pensions board feel the provision of increasing housing to meet demand is financially unsustainable & want to promote the buying of houses & home ownership by clergy in order to offset costs……
This all puts us in the Church of England in quite a morally problematic situation. This all relates to other issues that we as a church wish to address & in fact undermine those commitments:
1) increasing vocations from the young
2) increasing vocations from those in ‘working class’ communities,
3) this also relates to a much larger extent than predominantly white community to the issue of increasing vocation among GMH people
churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2…
Where I was ordained 30 years ago to a full St Paul’s Cathedral. What a great memory and experience for me.
Presenting our deacons 2024!
They gathered at @StPaulsLondon to make their Declarations and Oaths - with the @bishopSarahM @bishopoffulham and the Bishop of Ebbsfleet - before heading off on retreat.
Please keep them in your prayers: bit.ly/45KnGPs
ALT Photo of deacons outside St Paul's Cathedral, with three bishops in front.
30 years ago this week, SS Peter and Paul-tide, I was ordained priest. Thank you to the people and places who have shaped who I am today.
