Imagine holding a party which no-one wants to come to.... like the king’s wedding banquet in the parable of Jesus which the people resisted so strongly because this king is a despot whose subjects are starting to resist. He’s losing his authority. 

Following  the publication this week of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in the Anglican Church in England and Wales, which said the church had protected its own reputation above its “explicit moral purpose”, I suggest that the church is a party which no-one wants to come to, having lost all moral authority. Is there hope? How can we rebuild trust?

A talk for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity, 11 October 2020.

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