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@BlodauTW

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Priest, speechwriter, mother, wife, LGBT+ally. I’m angry and tired all the time. I’ll stop being angry when we’re all equal. She/her.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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2 months
Some of the trolls I’ve had to deal with this week criticised me for my bio, specifically that I’m angry and tired all the time, suggesting it’s because of demon possession 🙄so I thought I would explain why it’s there. A 🧵
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2 months
So, this happened today. I’m a priest 😮😮😮
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3 years
I’m going to vicar school, I’m going to vicar school.
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2 months
Love the solidarity. Haters gonna hate but we stand together #ThisIsWhatAPriestLooksLike
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“When the Church fails to speak up for the poor we forfeit our right to preach the Gospel.” Archbishop of Wales #GovBody
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2 years
@kelly_welles Betty Campbell MBE, Welsh community activist, and Wales' first black head teacher.
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@BlodauTW
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@KatyaLexPhi @itsjacksonbbz Is this church where people worship God, or just a vanity project for Kanye?
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2 years
@runsallover @CathyMarksKrpan So true. I’m an introvert and a reflector. I need time to process information and play out scenarios in my head. I am not disengaged, or stupid, or timid.
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@BlodauTW
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3 years
@pawtraitspuns @BootstrapCook As someone who used to live in a vicarage though…Dad, landlord, priest, pretty much interchangeable 😁
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@BlodauTW
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2 years
@PayGapApp And there’s a man in the picture 🙄
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3 years
@likaluca This thread is horrible. I am so glad I live and work in Wales. It isn’t perfect but I don’t have to worry about sick leave and I can genuinely unplug the laptop and switch off the phone when I’m on holiday.
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@BlodauTW
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4 years
@henbapur Me, with Mamgu 🙂
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3 years
Today at Governing Body we have voted to bless same-sex marriages. Thank you Lord #govbody
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5 years
@RelaxedMomma @ashoncrawley Oh but can we, please? Just to see the reactions.
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1 year
@PinkNews So, when we provide people with appropriate care and support, they feel better. Who knew? It beggars belief that studies like this are considered necessary in 2023.
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2 years
A glorious Spring day, and St John’s looking particularly lovely @stjohnscardiff
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3 years
@TJ_Knight @PrideCymru And we’re still paying the price.
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4 years
@lDidNotKnowThat Poor bugger. Showed this to my husband without the caption. He didn’t need an explanation.
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4 years
@regalfungi @Baddiel Good used to mean holy, so it means Holy Friday. This week is known as Holy Week and tomorrow is Holy Saturday.
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5 years
My gorgeous daughter entirely kitted out from the boys section of H&M @letclothesbe #letclothesbeclothes
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@realDonaldTrump This bullying and name-calling is beneath the office you hold.
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5 years
@FakeSermon @Pastor_NPBC @BaptistNorth Proverbs 31:25 “She is clothed with strength and dignity”. The woman described here is not weak, she runs the household, works hard, she’s successful in commerce, running at least two businesses and has time to laugh! Weak? I don’t think so.
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1 year
Enormously privileged to have been ordained deacon today.
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I love this headstone. It says Peace Perfect Peace and it is slowly being claimed by nature. Wonderful.
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@FakeSermon @Pastor_NPBC @BaptistNorth Aside from the awful theology, has he never seen a woman give birth, or defend her family, or raise a family alone? The day my daughter was born was the day I realised I was capable of killing. And I nearly died to ensure she was born.
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@PinkNews Not the first time I've been called a left-wing extremist. Can't say I'm particularly bothered.
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3 years
@albertmohler The Scots have something to say to you:
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4 years
@TJSumpter Ah yes, blaming women since the Garden of Eden.
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4 years
@BestChantsUK We are all poets and songwriters at heart.
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4 years
@JayHulmePoet This is on behalf of my husband. His father facilitated the building of this gorgeous house of God. It was built by Italian POWs in WWII, basically from spare parts. The Italian Chapel in the Orkney Isles.
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4 years
@talexander2001 @TomBuck @johnmacarthur And then they can all journey to hospital together...
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2 years
Final year theology student and ordinand here. I have a prayer that works in all situations and at all times - lost keys, broken hearts, assignment deadlines. It is theologically and doctrinally sound. Can be used by all denominations. “Oh God, help me.”
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2 years
Candles for peace at the Ukraine vigil @stjohnscardiff
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6 months
Bagpipes in church this morning - I do love @stjohnscardiff
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@BlodauTW
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4 years
@malanwilkinson You are loved. You are precious. There is a Malan-shaped hole in this world that only you can fill and we would like you to stay.
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2 months
Interesting day today. The insults that have been thrown at me by many have ranged from the ridiculous to the outrageous. Why are trans, Jewish, left-wing, LGBT ally considered insults? People telling on themselves for their bigotry and hatred.
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3 years
Finally made it to the best card shop in Cardiff @hallsofllandaff
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@DMarguriet Yes, Church in Wales
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@_F_B_G_ @JayHulmePoet I was very glad of my schoolgirl Latin when my daughter was ill in France. Her symptoms were too complicated for my French, then it dawned on me that lots of medical terms derive from Latin. Problem solved. Me and the Rasputin look-alike GP did just fine.
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5 years
@Gibbon1986 @Lisamboo That’s profound.
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3 years
Well I couldn’t be this close to a cathedral w/o taking photos, could I @JayHulmePoet ?
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@BlodauTW
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@timecaptales Saturday mornings in my teens: Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Charlie Chaplin, and Laurel and Hardy. So good.
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@BlodauTW
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2 months
So the first post lead to the second post via being called a heretic, a degenerate and a demon, amongst other things. I knew there would be dissenting voices but didn’t foresee being listed as a p**do. Thanks to everyone who has been positive and kind!
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I don’t normally post personal stuff on here, but this is NEWS. Our little family is having a big year. N.B. I am NOT the mother!
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@ALT_uscis “What we do in the present constructs the future.” How true. Let’s build a good future.
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Trans youth - you are loved.
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Pride Cymru - what a fab day.
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@Amanwy And what a ridiculous photo choice from the BBC
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11 months
@AndrewRTDavies @sharrond62 Such a lack of respect and empathy for trans people, particularly at a time when life is so difficult for them. You should be calling out the transphobia, not fuelling it.
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2 years
Tomorrow, the ordinand preaches on the Trinity. What could possibly go wrong? 😬
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4 years
@JayHulmePoet Last one I promise. St Teilo’s - relocated to the National Museum of Wales. An absolute corker of a church.
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@BlodauTW
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4 years
@Eric_Conn How many battlefields have you bled on?
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4 years
@qikipedia That’s my problem - my husband is completely deaf in his right ear.
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4 years
Diocesan Discernment Panel TONIGHT!!!
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2 years
@hammer_mo @tomhfh And not forgetting the needless strain on public resources and trauma for those witnessing and those having to deal with the aftermath. An all-round bad choice.
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@BlodauTW
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2 years
My teenagers, who once told me they would divide my jewellery between themselves when I was too old and ugly to wear it anymore, spent a lot of time sorting through my jewellery last week. I'm going to the home aren't I?
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@BlodauTW
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2 years
Ministry takes many forms, and many outfits. Sometimes it’s jeans and a pink scarf, sometimes it’s sweeping the floor in a Christmas dress, rainbow T-shirts for Pride, or serving in a cassock alb. Whatever it looks like, it is ministry.
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The winners of the FLM Handbook quiz @PadarnSant
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@neilgibson2010 @CommsGuyMatt But he shouldn’t have to should he? At what point does the weight of abuse, micro-aggressions and exclusion cause someone to crumple? Church should do better. Love you Matt.
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4 years
@ryanmichler There’s more than one way to be a man, thank goodness.
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9 months
Cannot tell you how happy this little household was at Dr Who last night. Representation matters #DoctorWho60 #TransRightsAreHumanRights
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2 years
Twenty years in, I finally get an engagement ring 🙂
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Faculty of theology in Groningen - it’s rather impressive.
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1 year
Fabulous day at Pride Cymru yesterday
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4 years
@jrivanob @JayHulmePoet In the UK when protesters were pulling down a statue of a slave trader, the police just let them do it. Even let them roll it into the dock. They decided that was a safer option.
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@AllyFogg Not sure anyone on a waiting list for gender-affirming care would feel they are being rushed into making decisions...
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5 years
@CadburyUK When are you going to stop 🛑 killing orangutans?
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2 years
20th anniversary! 2014 nearly scuppered us but we made it thus far. Photos of our children are not allowed so here’s us and our fur babies.
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Today has been set aside for sermon prep and assignment writing. So I have cleaned the kitchen, put some washing on and helped my youngest tidy their room. Productive day so far.
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5 years
@BarristerSecret Polar Express - the conductor abducts children on Christmas Eve, takes them on a hair-raising journey, allows them to drive the train...
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@BlodauTW
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2 months
Four stages of my rose. Each is beautiful. We may not be what we were, but what we are is wonderful, and there is joy and loveliness in every day and every season of life.
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I have always been a cheerleader for ecumenism so the last couple of days when I have had two extreme wings of the Church agreeing on this site has been wonderful. Pity their agreement has been that I’m a heretic but I’ll take the win.
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@BlodauTW
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4 years
I have been co-opted onto the Governing Body of the Church in Wales @ChurchinWales @LlandaffDio
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2 years
Quiet pleasures today: church, making bread and dancing in the kitchen with my baby. My heart is full.
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The wonderful St John the Baptist Church in Cardiff. Still pinch myself that I get to serve here @stjohnscardiff
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4 years
@WelshGovernment Freshwater West. Bonus points for the fabulous cafe.
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5 months
We need more research into SUDEP; please support SUDEP Action and Bake it Purple Day on 26th March. For Deborah.
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Bake it Purple for Purple Day! Are you a dab hand in the kitchen or know a friend that is? Come together and bake it purple for #PurpleDay2024 Take a photo and tag us! For fundraising materials: #epilepsy #epilepsyawareness #baking
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@BlodauTW
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2 years
@AndrewRTDavies So, were you not working then all that time during lockdown?
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@BlodauTW
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4 years
Parenting a child with mental health issues: You will have sleepless nights; you will have nights squashed in their bed; you will have nights curled up on the sofa. You will do it again and again and again without murmur. Because, love.
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@BlodauTW
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4 years
Well, for the 2nd time this year: I have been elected to Governing Body!!! @LlandaffDio
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4 years
It’s arrived 🙂 @JayHulmePoet
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4 years
For the 80 people in Wales whose lives have been taken by COVID-19 this week.
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@BlodauTW
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4 years
Ever wondered how Chinese students get to Hogwarts?
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@christiancalgie To all the bad girls - go out and get that corner office!
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3 years
@DrFrancisYoung Have you read this gem?
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2 years
“What does God see in me?” Probing questions from Dr Jane Williams this morning @PadarnSant
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2 months
@BethanysBeauts I will try.
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5 years
@agoranomoi But she doesn’t promise not to get someone else to do it?
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@BlodauTW
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2 years
Preaching this morning - eternal torment for those who ignore the needs of others, the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, and harmful desires that plunge us into destruction. The lectionary is on 🔥
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5 years
@FakeSermon He wants them to what now?
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2 years
You know you’re in a lovely church when the lady serving refreshments remembers you love Jammie Dodgers @stjohnscardiff
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4 years
Bored? Fancy getting into a fight that will rile you, for no reason whatsoever and with absolutely no consequences? 👇
@TheWomanfredi
Jayne Manfredi
4 years
Sad that summer is ending? Fear not! Presenting the #WorldCupofFrozenTreats All treats are randomly grouped & available in the UK. Google is your friend if you’re unfamiliar with any. No Whataboutery permitted. Pls vote & RT for maximum engagement. Let the brain freeze begin!
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@BlodauTW
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4 years
Just looking at my modules for this term. How fabulous is this - really looking forward to delving into these. Thank you @PadarnSant #queertheology #blacktheology #ecotheology
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4 years
@preacherboysdoc Well look at me with my “I don’t need a man” hair 😁
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5 years
@FakeSermon So I presume women shouldn’t be construction workers because they would be required to wear trousers (I’m British)? Also, what did Ruth wear when she was gleaning in Boaz’s field?
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@JimMFelton Why is it always women who have to change? I’m so tired of trying to protect myself and now I have to protect myself from the people whose job it is to protect me?
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@BlodauTW
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1 year
Lovely team - and we ran out of crumpets!
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Thank you to our team at Grace Café this morning!
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@anfieldsmustard @helenmallam He had a father too. What’s with the mother-blaming on this thread?
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Pride Cymru weekend!
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