User:Father Fox

Musings of an English Priest
I'm an Anglican priest, leader of a Team Ministry in rural Suffolk, UK.'Conventional' I hope I am not. I have a great love of the Catholic tradition that the Church of England has inherited, but I have a radical, liberal and inclusive bent. The GOOD NEWS of Jesus is for everybody. 2000 years of Christian thinking should help, not hinder. The GOOD NEWS is for everybody, but especially for those who are (or feel) marginalised, oppressed or on the edge. From time to time, you'll find my thoughts here. They'll often arise out of challenges and opportunities I encounter in my day to day work; they might be a response to something YOU have to say.

Breaking Bread
Now it's the middle of May 2013, and I'm in the middle of three one-month mini-sabbaticals. Apart from R&R, I'm looking at how we can help people of all sorts to engage with what the Church does - the Church does lots of things (good and bad) but at its heart is what the first followers of Jesus called the 'Breaking of Bread'. It's got lots of names - the Mass, the Eucharist, Holy Communion, the Lord's Supper, the Liturgy - but it's all the same thing. I tend to use the word 'Eucharist' - because it means 'giving thanks (to God)' and it's what Jesus did every time he sat down to eat with his friends - and, importantly, with strangers.