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The Flying Cassowary - a blog


neuro-what?!
A poem written for all neurodivergent people in WAAD.
Apr 21 min read
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Signing on
Last week I went to the local JobCentre to sign on. This means that, in the eyes of the state, I am officially unemployed and available...
Mar 283 min read
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A Question of Leadership?
Some reflections on the resignation of Justin Welby by a Methodist onlooker.
Dec 12, 20245 min read
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Jeremiah
Some musings on calling sparked by the prophet Jeremiah
Aug 24, 20224 min read
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Locating treasure
Where do we put our energies? reflections on what I wrote two years ago mid-lockdown Interesting to see how little has shifted.
Jul 19, 20223 min read
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Where to begin?
Some have noticed that I have maintained pretty much radio silence on social media since Christmas. The more perceptive have interpreted...
Jun 1, 20225 min read
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The spaces in between
For the last four years, alongside my role at the University of Roehampton, I’ve been working in Circuit in Warwickshire, undertaking a...
Jul 26, 20216 min read
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Neuro-what?!?
An update on my recent diagnosis with Adult ADHD
Jun 4, 20215 min read
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Still Waiting
Advent has taken on a new meaning for us this year, as we have been involved in the Methodist stationing system. Little did we know that,...
Jan 20, 20212 min read
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Agonising
It is nearly 20 years since I entered Circuit (or started travelling, as they used to call it!). Yet this is the first time I have been...
Jan 20, 20217 min read
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Bear in mind
It’s easy to think that theology is something we do in our spare time, with a glass of wine in our hand perhaps. It has become something...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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Permission to Wound
‘Ordination gives the church a permanent permission to wound.’ I’ve been contemplating these provocative words since they were given to...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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The joy of being Methodist - or why I like Anglicans, but don't want to be one!
I’ve spent the summer in very good company. From the World Methodist Council to MTSE and IAMSCU, the United Methodist Church, the Oxford...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
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Conference Bites 5 - Why I stood for President
Elections can be brutal - the people speak and the next day, the removal vans take the belonging out the back door as the new incumbent...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
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Changing Methodism V: A bit of order?
I have been spending the last little while reading and thinking about missional and other forms of Christian community and trying to...
Jan 20, 20213 min read
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