LLF : Lacking Love and Faith?
Those of a 'churchy' disposition will be aware that after seven years of wasted time, breath and energy, and a great deal of misplaced hope, the 'Living in Love and Faith' process (LLF for short) has finally been euthanised by the House of Bishops. The CofE website describes LLF as 'part of a longer journey......to listen, learn and respond to changing views in our society towards identity, sexuality, relationships and marriage' and recognises that 'Despite big differences over the best approach to take, the church agrees it needs to better include and support LGBTQI+ people'. Some of us - particularly those who have learned to live with the CofE's flaws for many decades - were sceptical about the process in the first place. Experience has certainly taught me that when bishops say they 'want to listen' it usually means they really want to find a way of doing nothing, preserving the status quo and sparing themselves any aggro. (Apparently th...