Phil White
@revdphilippa.bsky.social
Liturgy, church music, knitting, poetry, cool saints, hymn-writing, small children. Not in that order. Sometimes also sleep.
She/her. God is love and mercy is greater than we can imagine.
She/her. God is love and mercy is greater than we can imagine.
A belated Christ is Risen, Happy Easter to all!
With thee
O let me rise
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in
me.
With thee
O let me rise
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in
me.
April 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
A belated Christ is Risen, Happy Easter to all!
With thee
O let me rise
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in
me.
With thee
O let me rise
As larks, harmoniously,
And sing this day thy victories:
Then shall the fall further the flight in
me.
I like this one particularly (in Le Mans)
April 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I like this one particularly (in Le Mans)
I refuse to pay for Daily Telegraph 'journalism' so it is POSSIBLE that the actual article is more nuanced, but this headline (provided by Google alerts, whom I didn't ask for it) has made me CROSS. After the last ten years of exposing safeguarding failures and the prevalence of abuse where...
March 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I refuse to pay for Daily Telegraph 'journalism' so it is POSSIBLE that the actual article is more nuanced, but this headline (provided by Google alerts, whom I didn't ask for it) has made me CROSS. After the last ten years of exposing safeguarding failures and the prevalence of abuse where...
Happy birthday to Small, who is now Eight and Large, and has gone to school with sparkly cupcakes for his class.
February 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Happy birthday to Small, who is now Eight and Large, and has gone to school with sparkly cupcakes for his class.
Autumn:
Loved - seeing some far-flung friends
Achieved - finishing and handing in dissertation
And - new tattoo! (Of which for some reason I only have a picture when it was just finished. It's healed now!)
Loved - seeing some far-flung friends
Achieved - finishing and handing in dissertation
And - new tattoo! (Of which for some reason I only have a picture when it was just finished. It's healed now!)
December 31, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Autumn:
Loved - seeing some far-flung friends
Achieved - finishing and handing in dissertation
And - new tattoo! (Of which for some reason I only have a picture when it was just finished. It's healed now!)
Loved - seeing some far-flung friends
Achieved - finishing and handing in dissertation
And - new tattoo! (Of which for some reason I only have a picture when it was just finished. It's healed now!)
Summer (2):
Loved - glorious holiday in glorious France, exploring and eating and drinking and kind kind people when our car broke down.
Achieved - a lovely family holiday
And - started proper work on dissertation.
Loved - glorious holiday in glorious France, exploring and eating and drinking and kind kind people when our car broke down.
Achieved - a lovely family holiday
And - started proper work on dissertation.
December 31, 2024 at 10:20 PM
Summer (2):
Loved - glorious holiday in glorious France, exploring and eating and drinking and kind kind people when our car broke down.
Achieved - a lovely family holiday
And - started proper work on dissertation.
Loved - glorious holiday in glorious France, exploring and eating and drinking and kind kind people when our car broke down.
Achieved - a lovely family holiday
And - started proper work on dissertation.
Summer (1) (term-time)
Loved - solidarity with lovely colleagues
Achieved - a huge amount of work (see also above)
And - pleasing sticker on my work notebook
Loved - solidarity with lovely colleagues
Achieved - a huge amount of work (see also above)
And - pleasing sticker on my work notebook
December 31, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Summer (1) (term-time)
Loved - solidarity with lovely colleagues
Achieved - a huge amount of work (see also above)
And - pleasing sticker on my work notebook
Loved - solidarity with lovely colleagues
Achieved - a huge amount of work (see also above)
And - pleasing sticker on my work notebook
Easter:
Loved - Holy Week; deaconing Easter vigil (as always, best service of the entire year)
Achieved - wrote a hymn for the thirtieth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood, used it chez nous, then saw it used in at least 3 other cathedrals (!)
And - a lot of normal life
Loved - Holy Week; deaconing Easter vigil (as always, best service of the entire year)
Achieved - wrote a hymn for the thirtieth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood, used it chez nous, then saw it used in at least 3 other cathedrals (!)
And - a lot of normal life
December 31, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Easter:
Loved - Holy Week; deaconing Easter vigil (as always, best service of the entire year)
Achieved - wrote a hymn for the thirtieth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood, used it chez nous, then saw it used in at least 3 other cathedrals (!)
And - a lot of normal life
Loved - Holy Week; deaconing Easter vigil (as always, best service of the entire year)
Achieved - wrote a hymn for the thirtieth anniversary of the ordination of women to the priesthood, used it chez nous, then saw it used in at least 3 other cathedrals (!)
And - a lot of normal life
Lent:
Loved - Eleanor Parker's Winters in the World
Achieved - bought a plant on impulse, kept it alive (now have 17 plants from cuttings of that one plus have bought six more)
And - managed to get to York for a friend's hen do AND Newcastle for @rpwhaite.bsky.social 's installation
Loved - Eleanor Parker's Winters in the World
Achieved - bought a plant on impulse, kept it alive (now have 17 plants from cuttings of that one plus have bought six more)
And - managed to get to York for a friend's hen do AND Newcastle for @rpwhaite.bsky.social 's installation
December 31, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Lent:
Loved - Eleanor Parker's Winters in the World
Achieved - bought a plant on impulse, kept it alive (now have 17 plants from cuttings of that one plus have bought six more)
And - managed to get to York for a friend's hen do AND Newcastle for @rpwhaite.bsky.social 's installation
Loved - Eleanor Parker's Winters in the World
Achieved - bought a plant on impulse, kept it alive (now have 17 plants from cuttings of that one plus have bought six more)
And - managed to get to York for a friend's hen do AND Newcastle for @rpwhaite.bsky.social 's installation
Winter:
Loved - swing skirts, Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie
Achieved - Smallest turned one, Small turned seven (!) and we all remained in one piece
And - managed to see some friends.
Loved - swing skirts, Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie
Achieved - Smallest turned one, Small turned seven (!) and we all remained in one piece
And - managed to see some friends.
December 31, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Winter:
Loved - swing skirts, Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie
Achieved - Smallest turned one, Small turned seven (!) and we all remained in one piece
And - managed to see some friends.
Loved - swing skirts, Lucy Worsley's biography of Agatha Christie
Achieved - Smallest turned one, Small turned seven (!) and we all remained in one piece
And - managed to see some friends.
Happy Christmas #ClergyMaltClub and friends. (Gin for me). May the peace of Christ remain with us this Christmas and always.
December 25, 2024 at 1:53 AM
Happy Christmas #ClergyMaltClub and friends. (Gin for me). May the peace of Christ remain with us this Christmas and always.
Just had to explain to a colleague why 1337 was a meaningful number. If you need me, I'll just be over here mumbling about 'kids these days'.
December 9, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Just had to explain to a colleague why 1337 was a meaningful number. If you need me, I'll just be over here mumbling about 'kids these days'.
Heron at the park!
November 30, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Heron at the park!
Here stands the shrine, its fragments found and mended (marble and stone once carved with faithful care): shrine recreated, sign of new creation; her silent presence and her steadfast prayer.
Happy Feast of St Frideswide to all. (Patronal Eucharist at 6pm if you're in Oxford)
Happy Feast of St Frideswide to all. (Patronal Eucharist at 6pm if you're in Oxford)
October 19, 2024 at 7:26 AM
Here stands the shrine, its fragments found and mended (marble and stone once carved with faithful care): shrine recreated, sign of new creation; her silent presence and her steadfast prayer.
Happy Feast of St Frideswide to all. (Patronal Eucharist at 6pm if you're in Oxford)
Happy Feast of St Frideswide to all. (Patronal Eucharist at 6pm if you're in Oxford)
Happy feast from Master Hugh Latimer (pictured).
October 16, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Happy feast from Master Hugh Latimer (pictured).
September 14, 2024 at 6:05 AM
I fear this teabag-tag is promoting Pelagianism... (Yogi ginger, orange and vanilla, an excellent tea)
September 10, 2024 at 10:43 AM
I fear this teabag-tag is promoting Pelagianism... (Yogi ginger, orange and vanilla, an excellent tea)
Enjoying the very specific vocabulary of which Duolingo correctly discerns my need. Also enjoying that, though the first priest is a grey-haired man, the second priest is Lily who has been established as a 14 year old goth.
February 1, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Enjoying the very specific vocabulary of which Duolingo correctly discerns my need. Also enjoying that, though the first priest is a grey-haired man, the second priest is Lily who has been established as a 14 year old goth.
Happy Ridley and Latimer day from Master Hugh Latimer.
October 16, 2023 at 8:18 AM
Happy Ridley and Latimer day from Master Hugh Latimer.
