A Message for Our Bishops :  “Another fine mess you’ve gotten us into” You can read all about it on this morning’s BBC News website under the headline:  Church of England abandons proposals for same-sex blessing ceremonies. For years now, Anglicans have been wrestling — and that really is the right word — with questions surrounding gay relationships. The long and painstaking process known as  Living in Love and Faith  was intended to bring clarity and healing. Instead, it has

“The horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.”  That’s the William Blake who gave us Jerusalem.   I grew up with the horizon, looking out over Liverpool Bay from my childhood home in Waterloo. It suggested a world beyond what we could see: ships appearing and disappearing on their journeys, slipping in and out of view. With them came a sense of the unknown — and with that, a quiet stirring of adventure.   And today, as I write this blog: I see another horizon.  This ti