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I'm Revd Tom Buchanan|Chapter Canon (Ely)|Agency Founder|Knitter|Pray-er|Guitarist|Swimmer|Slave to Basil🐕|Francophone|HubbyFather|New AirBnB Host
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On train, a baby keeps dissolving into helpless giggles. This in turn sets her family off which sets the baby off. This feedback loop of mirth is now infecting the whole carriage & I’m happily reminded that for all that’s going on with humanity we can still experience simple joy.
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This is lovely Phil and Nikki and me blessing their marriage at the hospice just before Easter. Phil is now getting ready to go on his final journey and I’m about to anoint him and pray that Christ never leaves his side. Would you pray for him too please Twitter? x
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Morning twitter. Retweet if you know who this is
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I pastored a sub-postmaster who went to prison. A much loved pillar of the community. Their life was ruined. It still makes my blood boil. And I still can’t see why Fujitsu is still working in this country or anywhere for that matter.
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I know it's a sensitive subject, but when I die please can NOBODY say I've "passed away".
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I've got a bit used to lockdown. The idea of going out to a restaurant or getting on a train or even meeting people face to face causes slight apprehension. I'm not worried about getting ill. I've just got used to how it is now. Does anyone else feel this?
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Tonight I’m praying for the Bishop of Oxford who will undoubtedly be trolled mercilessly but who has done a brave and just thing.
@Steven_Croft
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Retweet if you remember this show from 1978. (I found it strangely addictive)
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Big prayer request twitter. No details. But I'd love to go to bed knowing the Didymuses are cushioned in prayer. Sorry to be needy, and thank you all for being there.
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Basil update. He was left alone in the kitchen for five minutes.
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HM the Queen and Paddington Bear comparing marmalade sandwiches. My heart. I love this country.
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Retweet if one of these was the most sophisticated gadget you owned as a kid
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I appear to have lost eight followers after my tweet in support of my gay colleagues in the CofE. Well, 8 out of nearly 8,000 followers aint too bad. Jog on, I say.
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For those of us who sing hymns in church, has the time come to acknowledge that many settings in Hymns, Ancient and Modern are just too high for congregations to sing well?
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In dementia tests, doctors often ask the patient "who is the Prime Minister?"
Might need to revisit this.
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I notice those who have bleated about bias at the BBC have been silenced by its extraordinary and brave coverage from Ukraine. Can we all just remember that the
@BBCNews
is the pride of the world?
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(Dear) Neighbour falls down whole flight of stairs and hits head. I call ambulance. A SEVEN hour wait. SEVEN hours a woman in her late seventies is expected to lie in a crumpled heap at the bottom of her stairs not to be moved. This country is at breaking point. Do pray.
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Twitter of your mercy please pray for Brian who’s quite unwell in hospital. A “like” to say you’ve done this would be amazing.
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My Easter resolution is to decisively give up being a grammar pedant. Its not important. Less people care these days.
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He reaches a natural conclusion and I say “thank you for telling me that, I know it was important .” I see tears fill his eyes as we part. Sometimes I think ministry is about not being afraid to reach out to people where they are. It’s not always easy. 2/2
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Britains! You know those things in the kitchen like mustard and horseradish that we though lasted forever but now the jar says consume within 4 weeks? We ignore that right?
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I remember in the seventies my father used to go nuts if we used the phone because it cost so much. Anyone remember this? I only ask because I’m turning into him - with the lights. And the gas.
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Discussing with young colleagues how as a young child I was not allowed to watch ITV because it wasn’t the done thing.
Am I alone in this?
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Mrs D has managed to kill her first poinsettia off within two days of buying it, which even by her standards is something of a record
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A rare picture of the long-suffering (and extremely beautiful) Mrs D……
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Today someone in the parish told me of his (serious) illness and asked me to take his funeral. I told him I would walk with him wherever this journey takes him and prayed the perfect love which casts out all fear for him and his wife. Pray for them please. And for me.
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If we can't love one another within the church we're not exactly a brilliant advert for Jesus to the outside world.
Just saying.
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Evening swim at Jesus Green Lido. The smell of dope from the next door skate park was so strong I swear I have no recollection of the last few lengths.
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Morning prayer took a bit longer than usual today because Fr Justin got the giggles over the word "Shittim" and had to be sent to stand in the corner for a full five minutes while he considered his behaviour.
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The faces of a couple who booked the smallest room on the hotel for their anniversary and got upgraded to the grand suite.
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I think HM the King must be absolutely exhausted. I’m praying for him.
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Hi Twitter. Please can ask for your prayers of protection on my family this week. Thank you x
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A bit gutted for my daughter off to first year Uni tomorrow. Three days enforced isolation in a self catered flat with six students she’s never met before. This could either go very well or very badly. She’s being very brave. Prayers please.
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I care more that LBGTQI+ people feel loved validated encouraged supported and safe in the Church of England, than I do about keeping the Anglican Communion together.
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Mrs D has a school governors meeting on zoom so she’s put her wine into a coffee cup.
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So. This happened to a Didymus daughter today!
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A vile tweet from another ordained priest in the CofE. "Shame on you" he writes - for the henious sin of suggesting LBGTQI+ people should feel validated and safe in the Church.
It's nothing like the sort of trolling my LBGTQI+ colleagues get regularly.
I stand with them.
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Dear all. Tonight I'm going to come off twitter until Easter. I'll be automatically tweeting a corker of a bible verse every day during Lent but I won't see any replies.
I'll miss you and thank you for blessing me in so many ways.
Peace be with you x
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Hello twitter. Retweet if like me you had a pair of these lovely sandals from Clarks.
#70sChic
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Sitting with my daughter anticipating her umpteenth operation in a couple of hours time. First was when she was just 2 weeks old. Now she’s an amazing woman of 22. Prayers for her would be amazing.
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“Christingle” comes from a Biblical Hebrew word meaning “health and safety nightmare, have you completed a risk assessment?”
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Retweet if you think Free School Meals should be extended over the school holidays.
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
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He is risen indeed! Hallelujah!
The Lenten fast is broken with a 10yr Old Laphroaig
#clergymaltclub
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Yesterday at communion, our first Ukrainian refugee who has made it across with her daughter to stay with an amazing family in the parish. She asked if she was allowed to receive communion, and I said she was welcome to do so. I found myself sobbing at the altar afterwards
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Listening to my daughter teaching her socks off on-line from her bedroom next door it makes my blood boil the implication in right wing media that teachers are in some way avoiding work by staying at home. So proud of her, and Mrs D too who will start doing the same tomorrow
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Can I just say if bible bashing evangelical conservatives hit me anymore with the “we’ll leave and take all our money and bankrupt the church” you’re not being biblical. Quite the opposite. Loving the power money brings is the root of all evil. Look it up guys. It’s in the bible
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Mrs D is two hours in to a school governors’ meeting on Zoom. I’ve just taken her a large glass of wine disguised in a tea cup. She looked very grateful.
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My name is Basil. I am a puppy. Yesterday for fun I chewed tiny holes all round the base of my master’s large watering can without him knowing. How I laughed inside when he filled it and tried to carry it across the kitchen this morning
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I'm staying on twitter because I have a lovely community of people, most of whom I've never met, many of whom I would regard as friends, who challenge me, encourage me, and in some cases allow me to minister to them. It's taken ten years to build this circle of trust.
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Retweet if you remember what these smell like
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Would you like there to be a General Election in the UK as soon as possible? (Please RT for a decent sample)
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To fly a Boeing 767 to Rwanda with fewer than 10 migrants on board is surely an unacceptable cost - both financial and environmental? Or don’t we care about that?
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A reminder to my fellow Christian friends suffering from mental illness...
Needing to be on anti-depressants is not:
👏A sign of weakness or defeat
👏A sign that something is wrong with your faith
👏A sign of spiritual attack
👏Something that can or should be prayed out
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Happy first birthday Basil the ex Puppy. You came to us on the first day of lockdown and you’ve blessed us beyond measure. I’ve even forgiven you for destroying the house.
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Happy anniversary to the stunning Mrs D! 28 years today. Ooerrr!
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I have just offered to drive daughter to Oxford tomorrow to have a socially distanced visit with her boyfriend. The level of happiness is just lovely and it reminds me how tough lockdown has been for our young people who are courting. Bless them all.
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Ok. Confession time. Who else adds items to their “to do” lists that they’ve already done to make themselves feel better?
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If my gay brothers and sisters are feeling embattled by the bleats of the conservative CofE stormtroopers on Twitter, I just want to say you’re loved by our church and love will win. I promise it will. I’m Just sorry it’s taking so flipping long. I stand with you.
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I think Jesus is much less interested in our sex lives than the church would have us believe.
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I’m In Walsingham.
Regardless of whether you think this is England’s Nazareth or alternatively something of a madhouse (honestly I can’t decide) it is without doubt a place drenched in prayer.
Let me know if I can pray for you over the weekend. It would be a privilege to do so.
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I’m planning a theological reflection on
#therepairshop
there is so much love, so much emotion invested in these objects and their (often deceased) owners. And there’s a form of salvation in their restoration. It’s an amazing programme.
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Every time I write a sermon I start by praying that God shows me what he wants me to say.
Every single time I hear a quiet voice say “tell them that I love them”.
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Dear Dido.
My GP came from Asia. My Practice Nurse from Zimbabwe, my dentist is British Egyptian. They're all flipping brilliant.
Hebrews 13 "Do not neglect hospitality to foreigners, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it."
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A note from a non-believing friend, who I hugged just before taking their parent's funeral: "Strange to say as a non-believer, at that moment it felt like I was being hugged by Jesus."
Well that's floored me.
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Anyone else find shopping for birthday cards depressing? Not everybody wants to receive a card that implies they are a rapidly ageing alcoholic.
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I find myself quite surprised by how close to tears I am.
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Visiting church I’m struck by how unwelcoming folk are by saving seats. If strangers ask if they can sit somewhere & they can’t for whatever reason, guide them to another seat. Maybe even say “hello”. Makes a big difference & It’s biblical. They may even be angels.
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Marvel at the wonder of my self seeded 12ft hollyhock.
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My (almost) nonagenarian mother: “if two men love each other and they want to get married in church why shouldn’t they? Love is love.”
That about sums it up for me too. (Women too obviously)
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New house rule. Nobody complains how cold it is unless they're wearing thermals, full length trousers, socks and a jumper.
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Hands up who presses the buttons a few extra times at a pedestrian crossing in the belief that it will make the lights change quicker?
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Train drama! A passenger in aisle knocks my cup of coffee over my laptop. I let out an expletive (for which I later had to apologise to the whole carriage) and then the laptop started playing "London Calling" at full volume and I was unable to stop it.
I've had better starts.
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Today is the day when Mrs D changes over from her summer to her winter wardrobe. This involves road closures, army reservists, police cordons and heavy lifting gear.
I’m changing seasonal wardrobes too. This involves opening the next draw down.
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It’s 45 years since I played conkers, but my heart still leaps when I see a newly fallen one on the ground.
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People crossing the channel illegally are children of God. Made in God’s image. Treasured by him. They’re not statistics.
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Today I fulfilled an ambition and had a go on a Paternoster lift. Surprisingly tricky as it turns out.
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Walking 🐕 I’m accosted by man with dementia who wants to say something. His carer tries to move him along (I sense this isn’t the first time this has happened) but I encourage him to talk. He talks for a minute or so & every word is unintelligible (to me at least). 1/2
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Twitter. Please. If you’re going to make comments about gay people’s relationships, do at least remember they are people and they are relationships. They’re not abstract things to generalise and theologise about. I’m sick of it. It’s so hurtful.
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I’m 54 and I’m embarrassed by my ‘A’ level grades.
To be honest I was very disappointed at the time, but still got into a good university with them. Now with historic grade inflation they look very lacklustre. Does anyone else feel this?
BCB, before you ask.
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Any other families communicate using WhatsApp with family members who are in the same house because basically they’re bored of shouting up and down stairs to each other?
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Here's the problem: Cummings refuses to resign, so Margaret Ferrier (MSP) realises she can get away with not resigning, and the Nation thinks "why should I bother obeying the law if they don't?"
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Ok. I’m going to ‘fess up here. Despite my best efforts I am currently working at about 30% of my normal productivity. I’m not being lazy. I just can’t concentrate. Anyone else?
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Really moved at the news that all four boys who fell into the ice have now died. I've been praying hard for the six year old survivor and now he's gone. It's unspeakably sad. RIP.
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When I find a university dumb enough to let me do a PhD it’ll be on the Theology of The Repair Shop.
#therepairshop
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Today a professed atheist messaged and asked me to pray for their family. I couldn’t feel more blessed by this request.
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Slightly alarming moment this morning when I thought I saw the burning bush. God didn’t speak though.
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Mrs D laughs at me for saying “please” and “thank you” to Siri, but I figure that come 2025 when the machines take over the world it will possibly help with my life chances.
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Tomorrow at 0800hrs I will preside at my first mass since March lockdown. Please pray for me - that I remember what to do - it's like riding a bike right? - and that I don't get too emotional.
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I expect the Government will now try and cancel our Archbishop. Thank you for standing up for the voiceless
@CottrellStephen
Illegal migration bill is ‘cruelty without purpose’, says Archbishop of York | Immigration and asylum | The Guardian
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Mrs D is out on the razzle with a friend so I’m celebrating by having a fish finger sandwich with chips and nothing else. No vegetables harmed in the making of this supper.
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Let's not forget, amazing as it is, that he's just raised twelve million quid for an organisation that is supposed to be fully funded anyway. It's mortifying that the NHS needs charity. That's what taxes are for, folks.
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