Br. Andrew-Thomas OSB
@brandrewthomas.bsky.social
Scottish Gael. Anglican Benedictine. Sacramental and liturgical theologian. Writing the holy in the hard and the hopeful.
Offering Compline this night for those who are running on resolve rather than energy.
May God meet you where resolve ends, and give you rest.
May God meet you where resolve ends, and give you rest.
January 30, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who are running on resolve rather than energy.
May God meet you where resolve ends, and give you rest.
May God meet you where resolve ends, and give you rest.
Offering Compline this night for those who feel emotionally wrung out, with nothing left to give.
May God receive what remains, and grant you rest.
May God receive what remains, and grant you rest.
January 29, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who feel emotionally wrung out, with nothing left to give.
May God receive what remains, and grant you rest.
May God receive what remains, and grant you rest.
Offering Compline this night for the new Archbishop: wisdom, humility, and courage.
For survivors: safety and justice.
For queer Christians: belonging without fear.
For women in ministry: truth not tokenism.
And for the Church: repentance, healing, and grace.
For survivors: safety and justice.
For queer Christians: belonging without fear.
For women in ministry: truth not tokenism.
And for the Church: repentance, healing, and grace.
January 28, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Offering Compline this night for the new Archbishop: wisdom, humility, and courage.
For survivors: safety and justice.
For queer Christians: belonging without fear.
For women in ministry: truth not tokenism.
And for the Church: repentance, healing, and grace.
For survivors: safety and justice.
For queer Christians: belonging without fear.
For women in ministry: truth not tokenism.
And for the Church: repentance, healing, and grace.
Today is the Confirmation of Election of the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
It’s hard—for survivors, for queer Christians, for those whose trust in the Church is fragile. And it’s good—the significance of a woman in this role, and what that represents.
Pray for the ABC, we must.
It’s hard—for survivors, for queer Christians, for those whose trust in the Church is fragile. And it’s good—the significance of a woman in this role, and what that represents.
Pray for the ABC, we must.
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Today is the Confirmation of Election of the new Archbishop of Canterbury.
It’s hard—for survivors, for queer Christians, for those whose trust in the Church is fragile. And it’s good—the significance of a woman in this role, and what that represents.
Pray for the ABC, we must.
It’s hard—for survivors, for queer Christians, for those whose trust in the Church is fragile. And it’s good—the significance of a woman in this role, and what that represents.
Pray for the ABC, we must.
Offering Compline this night for those who are laying their worries down, even if only for a moment.
May God keep watch while you rest.
May God keep watch while you rest.
January 26, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who are laying their worries down, even if only for a moment.
May God keep watch while you rest.
May God keep watch while you rest.
Offering Compline this night for those who made it through the day by sheer persistence.
May God honour that effort, and give you rest.
May God honour that effort, and give you rest.
January 25, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who made it through the day by sheer persistence.
May God honour that effort, and give you rest.
May God honour that effort, and give you rest.
Happy Burns Night to all who celebrate.
May your haggis be bold, your poetry dramatic, your whisky generous, and may nobody actually understand the Scots you’re quoting—and love it anyway.
May your haggis be bold, your poetry dramatic, your whisky generous, and may nobody actually understand the Scots you’re quoting—and love it anyway.
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Happy Burns Night to all who celebrate.
May your haggis be bold, your poetry dramatic, your whisky generous, and may nobody actually understand the Scots you’re quoting—and love it anyway.
May your haggis be bold, your poetry dramatic, your whisky generous, and may nobody actually understand the Scots you’re quoting—and love it anyway.
Offering Compline this night for those who feel the world pressing in from every side.
May God make a little space for you to breathe, and grant you rest.
May God make a little space for you to breathe, and grant you rest.
January 24, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who feel the world pressing in from every side.
May God make a little space for you to breathe, and grant you rest.
May God make a little space for you to breathe, and grant you rest.
Offering Compline this night for those sheltering from conflict—in homes, hospitals, and borderlands.
May God be a wall of safety around you, and grant you rest.
May God be a wall of safety around you, and grant you rest.
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Offering Compline this night for those sheltering from conflict—in homes, hospitals, and borderlands.
May God be a wall of safety around you, and grant you rest.
May God be a wall of safety around you, and grant you rest.
Offering Compline this night for those who are tired of being careful with themselves.
May God offer you a gentler way to rest.
May God offer you a gentler way to rest.
January 22, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who are tired of being careful with themselves.
May God offer you a gentler way to rest.
May God offer you a gentler way to rest.
Offering Compline this night for those who are holding a memory that arrived uninvited.
May God keep you safe with it, and grant you rest.
May God keep you safe with it, and grant you rest.
January 21, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who are holding a memory that arrived uninvited.
May God keep you safe with it, and grant you rest.
May God keep you safe with it, and grant you rest.
Offering Compline this night for those who turned the light off, then back on, because the quiet felt too big.
May God stay close, and give you rest.
May God stay close, and give you rest.
January 19, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who turned the light off, then back on, because the quiet felt too big.
May God stay close, and give you rest.
May God stay close, and give you rest.
Offering Compline this night for those who are carrying tenderness they don’t yet know how to name.
May God keep it safe, and grant you rest.
May God keep it safe, and grant you rest.
January 18, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who are carrying tenderness they don’t yet know how to name.
May God keep it safe, and grant you rest.
May God keep it safe, and grant you rest.
Reposted by Br. Andrew-Thomas OSB
You don't have to worship where you're not wanted.
January 18, 2026 at 3:43 PM
You don't have to worship where you're not wanted.
A week of interviews ahead. One on Tuesday that has my whole heart hopeful — it would be perfect.
Prayers and interview tips welcome, friends.
Prayers and interview tips welcome, friends.
January 18, 2026 at 3:58 PM
A week of interviews ahead. One on Tuesday that has my whole heart hopeful — it would be perfect.
Prayers and interview tips welcome, friends.
Prayers and interview tips welcome, friends.
Offering Compline this night for those who kept showing up, even when their heart wasn’t in it.
May God honour the faithfulness, and give you rest.
May God honour the faithfulness, and give you rest.
January 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who kept showing up, even when their heart wasn’t in it.
May God honour the faithfulness, and give you rest.
May God honour the faithfulness, and give you rest.
Reposted by Br. Andrew-Thomas OSB
Is this for sale somewhere? I’m a coach and part of my work is helping churches get better at “making room” — love that phrase, btw.
January 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Is this for sale somewhere? I’m a coach and part of my work is helping churches get better at “making room” — love that phrase, btw.
The final copy of my book arrived today.
It grew out of my master’s thesis and the questions it wrestled with — belonging, dignity, and who the Church makes room for.
It’s out in two weeks, and holding it feels both unreal and unmistakably real.
It grew out of my master’s thesis and the questions it wrestled with — belonging, dignity, and who the Church makes room for.
It’s out in two weeks, and holding it feels both unreal and unmistakably real.
January 17, 2026 at 5:19 PM
The final copy of my book arrived today.
It grew out of my master’s thesis and the questions it wrestled with — belonging, dignity, and who the Church makes room for.
It’s out in two weeks, and holding it feels both unreal and unmistakably real.
It grew out of my master’s thesis and the questions it wrestled with — belonging, dignity, and who the Church makes room for.
It’s out in two weeks, and holding it feels both unreal and unmistakably real.
Offering Compline this night for those who have difficult conversations replaying in their heads.
May God quiet the echoes, and give you rest.
May God quiet the echoes, and give you rest.
January 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who have difficult conversations replaying in their heads.
May God quiet the echoes, and give you rest.
May God quiet the echoes, and give you rest.
Just finished listening to the audiobook of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a few years after I last read it. Still uncomfortably apt for a world where control keeps getting mistaken for care.
January 16, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Just finished listening to the audiobook of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, a few years after I last read it. Still uncomfortably apt for a world where control keeps getting mistaken for care.
Offering Compline this night for those who realised too late what they needed today.
May God meet you where the regret rests, and give you peace.
May God meet you where the regret rests, and give you peace.
January 15, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who realised too late what they needed today.
May God meet you where the regret rests, and give you peace.
May God meet you where the regret rests, and give you peace.
Offering Compline this night for those who dared to speak a hard truth today.
May God shelter you in the aftermath, and grant you rest.
May God shelter you in the aftermath, and grant you rest.
January 14, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who dared to speak a hard truth today.
May God shelter you in the aftermath, and grant you rest.
May God shelter you in the aftermath, and grant you rest.
I arrived in the Church of England bruised, convinced God had turned his face from me. It was there I learned, slowly, that he had not.
And once I learned my worth is not conditional, not provisional, not up for debate, I realised I could not stay.
And once I learned my worth is not conditional, not provisional, not up for debate, I realised I could not stay.
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
I arrived in the Church of England bruised, convinced God had turned his face from me. It was there I learned, slowly, that he had not.
And once I learned my worth is not conditional, not provisional, not up for debate, I realised I could not stay.
And once I learned my worth is not conditional, not provisional, not up for debate, I realised I could not stay.
Offering Compline this night for those who are breaking in places no one can see.
May God draw close in the dark, and hold you until morning.
May God draw close in the dark, and hold you until morning.
January 13, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who are breaking in places no one can see.
May God draw close in the dark, and hold you until morning.
May God draw close in the dark, and hold you until morning.
Offering Compline this night for those who are learning to trust the night again.
May God keep watch while you sleep, and grant you rest.
May God keep watch while you sleep, and grant you rest.
January 12, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Offering Compline this night for those who are learning to trust the night again.
May God keep watch while you sleep, and grant you rest.
May God keep watch while you sleep, and grant you rest.