General Synod announcement

General Synod announcement

A rumour has sprung forth that I have been elected to General Synod. I received the following e-mail from my vicar following a conversation on the subject: ‘Most of the Chelmsford Diocese seems to think you are on it and I was so convinced by them that I’ve put it in the Notice Sheet! OOOPs!’…

'What the bishops were doing' cartoon

'What the bishops were doing' cartoon

There has been a greater-than-average reaction to my What the bishops were doing whilst civil partnerships in church were being voted on cartoon (extract above) on the Church Times blog. By ‘greater than average’ I just mean that there has been one, as an average reaction is for there to be no reaction. See Thinking…

Synod cartoons and blog posts

Synod cartoons and blog posts

I’ve been having some good ‘Anglican goings-on’ times at General Synod in London over the last couple of days. I’ve been blogging and posting a few cartoons on my Church Times blog and Twittering every now and then. Hopefully a couple more cartoons will follow tomorrow. Do say hello if you’re there and see me…

Bishop Gene at Lambeth

I’ve posted a cartoon about Bishop Gene Robinson’s non-invitation to the Lambeth Conference on the Church Times blog. Also a brief observation on the fact that Wesley Owen are to be the official bookshop of the conference. Don’t worry – I’m not going to write something here every time I make a Church Times post….

Gafcon rearranged

As you’ll have noticed I haven’t been commenting and drawing much about Anglican goings-on. This is a temporary state of affairs. But I couldn’t resist making one or two insignificant remarks about the fact that the ‘Gafcon’ alternative Lambeth Conference has been rearranged so that the ‘political’ bit is now only for invited dignatories. You’ll…

In-depth Synod report

In-depth Synod report

I had a great time at General Synod on Wednesday. Apart from meeting various people it was absolutely fascinating just to watch the general goings-on. I was there as a guest of a future client, and whilst I wasn’t directly doing any drawing I did make plenty of notes. The diagram above is a raw…

Support for Rowan Williams

I’m off to General Synod today. I’ve never been before so it is all terribly exciting. I don’t usually get out and about much. It appears from Ruth Gledhill’s Synod video that support for the Archbishop is widespread: The Facebook group entitled ‘The Archbishop of Canterbury is a good man‘ is up to about 1250…