The “poor in spirit” are those who know they cannot rely on themselves, that they are not self-sufficient. They feel their need for God and recognize every good that comes from Him as a gift, as a grace. #GospelOfTheDay (Mt 5:1-12) #Beatitudes

You could have made $20 million per year since Jesus was born and still not make the profits Shell did last year

The licensing of mattstoney to Box, Colerne and Ditteridge earlier today with Bishop Lee Rayfield

So this illegal & immoral #RefugeeBanBill passes second reading, 312 to 270, trashing international law, running roughshod over human rights, & shaming us all. It’s not refugees who are threat to this country, it’s the Tory government. But opposition will only grow #StopTheBill

Okay, well, this is a bit brilliant. The definitive version of this gag reply:

Moment from yesterday that speaks volumes. John Sentamu tries to deliver letter to Shell asking for no more NEW fossil fuel projects. #NoFaithInFossilFuels #BigOne Southwark Diocese Church of England Commissioners time to divest? Operation Noah

‘When people ask me about prayers, I describe hanging laundry on the line…. like prayer flags, thinking of people whose laundry it is, being grateful to the wind for blowing it around….’ Barbara Brown Taylor speaking to Krista Tippett for The On Being Project onbeing.org/programs/barba…

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MP accuses Starmer of trying to rig elections by letting people vote

🚨 TWO MARCHES IN LONDON AS RESISTANCE ESCALATES 🦺 18 are marching near Tower Hill while a group of 4 have staged a 'mini-march' at Cannon Street. 🛢️ All of them will get out of the road when our government stops trying to license new fossil fuels. ✍️ juststopoil.org

Sainsbury's CEO Simon Roberts total pay for 2022/23 was £4.9m. On a 40 hour week, that's over £2k/hour. His lowest-paid workers earn just £11/hour. I asked how on earth that's justifiable, especially during a cost of living crisis. The silence was deafening.

Bold speech from Miranda Threlfall-Holmes this morning on dioceses having to bid for national funding. "The amount of staff time and energy that goes into constantly having to develop plans for bids for new things is a huge inefficiency built into this capitalist approach to funding."

Highly recommended.. JonCoutts.bsky.social thoughts on leadership are things we need to hear in this time

I don’t think enough people have seen this. It’s Kurt Vonnegut talking to his wife about going out to get an envelope (we’re here on earth to fart around):

Join us on Sunday as we learn about finding peace in nature. This will be a great session for visitors. We will also be baking apples in the fire. All info: hazelnutcommunityfarm.com/events/drack2f… mattstoney Diocese of Bristol

I just signed the petition demanding Liz Truss's honours list is scrapped. 49 days of chaos in office should not justify her promoting her friends to a lifetime seat in the Lords. Will you sign too? 250k and counting.... you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/liz-… via 38 Degrees

I just signed the petition calling on Rishi Sunak to drop the plans for mass bank spying powers. Will you sign too? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/stop… via 38 Degrees