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.
It definitely sounds like a verger job. Anything where doing it a) on time and b) accurately matters...
November 13, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It definitely sounds like a verger job. Anything where doing it a) on time and b) accurately matters...
Did he think you were 12?!
November 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Did he think you were 12?!
In the daytime he would !
November 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
In the daytime he would !
Agreed with both of you! Just quibbling (for no good reason) with the idea that because there's a hospital in Banbury, nobody needs a bus to the JR.
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Agreed with both of you! Just quibbling (for no good reason) with the idea that because there's a hospital in Banbury, nobody needs a bus to the JR.
Though you can't always control where you get referred to. I had to take 8yo to Banbury for an op (which was great! The Horton is lovely!) and I'm sure plenty of people from Banbury and surrounding areas get sent to see consultants at the JR.
November 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Though you can't always control where you get referred to. I had to take 8yo to Banbury for an op (which was great! The Horton is lovely!) and I'm sure plenty of people from Banbury and surrounding areas get sent to see consultants at the JR.
Would it be cynical of me to suggest that Synod for the last couple of quinquennia has been stuffed with single-issue con-evos (via the superior planning and resources of that wing) and therefore the number of available people who can be bothered with real governance is limited?
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Would it be cynical of me to suggest that Synod for the last couple of quinquennia has been stuffed with single-issue con-evos (via the superior planning and resources of that wing) and therefore the number of available people who can be bothered with real governance is limited?
Yes (though have been doing so less on the grounds of reducing energy usage, then wondering if it actually makes any difference)
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Yes (though have been doing so less on the grounds of reducing energy usage, then wondering if it actually makes any difference)
The whole idea of knitting against the clock gives me the shivers.
November 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The whole idea of knitting against the clock gives me the shivers.
FWIW I think it's worth keeping both and that sounds a pretty sensible way to do it.
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
FWIW I think it's worth keeping both and that sounds a pretty sensible way to do it.
Apparently I am also an innovative Puseyite, which surprises me somewhat. (Doing it again with my second choices resulted in a crypto-liberal Laudian... but both told me I should relate to Charles Gore?!)
November 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Apparently I am also an innovative Puseyite, which surprises me somewhat. (Doing it again with my second choices resulted in a crypto-liberal Laudian... but both told me I should relate to Charles Gore?!)
Amazing. Thank you!
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Amazing. Thank you!
Happy birthday! (Just finished All Of Us Murderers. LOVED LOVED LOVED it. Might start again from the beginning.)
October 30, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Happy birthday! (Just finished All Of Us Murderers. LOVED LOVED LOVED it. Might start again from the beginning.)
Still in place (as yet!!)
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Still in place (as yet!!)
Oh shit, I flew to Germany and Eurostarred home in 2022. I will check I'm still getting child benefit...
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Oh shit, I flew to Germany and Eurostarred home in 2022. I will check I'm still getting child benefit...
Madeline is in the UK where it is definitely the last Sunday of October.
October 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Madeline is in the UK where it is definitely the last Sunday of October.
I'm so so sorry. Just awful. May you know the love of God surrounding you.
October 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm so so sorry. Just awful. May you know the love of God surrounding you.
👀 many weeks later, can I have the recs???
October 24, 2025 at 11:30 AM
👀 many weeks later, can I have the recs???
I'm so sorry. She sounds wonderful and the photo is delightful. May there be love surrounding you and memories consoling you.
October 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I'm so sorry. She sounds wonderful and the photo is delightful. May there be love surrounding you and memories consoling you.
As with churches, I think it's perfectly reasonable to say that given a free choice, we wouldn't start from here; but given that this *is* where we're starting from, I can't see any way that the gain of refusing to repair outweighs the loss
October 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM
As with churches, I think it's perfectly reasonable to say that given a free choice, we wouldn't start from here; but given that this *is* where we're starting from, I can't see any way that the gain of refusing to repair outweighs the loss
It was Mr Bagthorpe's favourite swear (his basic conceit being that he was an unsuccessful scriptwriter and always lost out to Dennis Potter). I'd never heard of Dennis Potter, because I was 12, so any time I see a reference to Dennis Potter, that's what I think of. It's quite unfortunate!
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It was Mr Bagthorpe's favourite swear (his basic conceit being that he was an unsuccessful scriptwriter and always lost out to Dennis Potter). I'd never heard of Dennis Potter, because I was 12, so any time I see a reference to Dennis Potter, that's what I think of. It's quite unfortunate!