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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The best part of @greenbeltfestival.bsky.social for me in recent years is when the daughter finds awesome new music for me to enjoy. Last year it was all about the riot girl vibe; this year we are going fully funkalicious open.spotify.com/artist/5dri3...

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Flat Moon

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Brilliant thread showing clearly where we are right now and what any sensible parliament would be doing about it (TL:DR pandering to fascist thuggery never ends well for anyone, least of all the sitting govt)

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

After another shower of cowards tried to campaign on Facebook for people to stop donating to the RNLI when they discovered that they don't ask to see your passport when rescuing you if you're drowning in the sea, I started a monthly donation. You might want to do the same. Or just a one off.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Exciting morning. Loads of inspiration and great to compare notes with other organisations trying to serve communities like we do @holynativity.bsky.social

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Grace Pritchard Burson (Schrödinger's Canadian) @gaudynight78.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

The good news here is that it literally takes you, half a dozen of your friends, and your kids to save the progressive church down the street that has 28 Boomers on a Sunday and hosts AA and the trans teen group and the immigrants rights trainings. You want community? Build community.

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Bridget O’Brien @bridgetemob.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

“Breaking free from the culture of power, and tearing down the walls that separate human beings from one another, is never a betrayal of our families, towns or traditions. Instead, it means freeing them from their ghosts, from enemies invented out of fear or ignorance” Pope Leo!!

We may not be understood, even by those closest to us, as happened to Saint Francis.
Yet, breaking free from the culture of power, and tearing down the walls that separate human beings from one another, is never a betrayal of our families, towns or traditions.
Instead, it means freeing them from their ghosts, from enemies invented out of fear or ignorance and from the violence with which people seek to impose their own limited order on a reality that surpasses us on every side.
To trust in God is to rediscover, like Francis and Clare, a world of brothers and sisters to cherish and serve, not to exploit and dominate. Not a world to defend, but to embrace.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

This is perfect; and worthy of the man himself.

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Ok hate me if you must but i’m solar powered and I bloody love this blazing sun. Coming back from greece to this and being able to carry on sitting out reading a book and feeling no pressure to get eveything unpacked and sorted because it’s too hot to care is amazing.

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Bill Braviner @billbraviner.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

#MorningPrayer You call us, Lord Jesus, as your community of disciples, to bear fruit for your kingdom; the fruit of love, of hope, of justice, of peace. Ignite our passions for the things of your kingdom, and inspire us to share them with all around us, living your gospel today.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

This and the responses are perfect joy for a miserable Monday morning

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Sam Wilson @samwilson.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Here you are. Those of you who know the inner workings of the church more intimately than the average parishioner will notice the nuance I glossed over!

Last Sunday, our parish met together for its Annual Meeting—a great chance for everyone to see how our church had grown and developed over the year and what God might calling us to next! For those who weren't there, the financial report showed Parish Share cost our parish over £107,000.
A sizeable sum, and I know not all of us know exactly what it is and why we pay it. So I thought I would unpack it today.

This is money that we send to the Diocese, the Church region led by the Bishop of Chester, covering roughly the old boundaries of Cheshire. The amount is based on the number of clergy we have and the financial makeup of the parish. Bowdon is a financially wealthy area so we pay more than, say, Partington does. That's part of its purpose - to fund the mission and ministry of the Church in parishes like Partington who otherwise couldn't afford their own vicar. So that no place goes without support just because they are economically deprived. These parishes are where roughly a third of our Share goes towards.

But most of our Share comes right back to us. The stipends that pay our clergy, the housing they receive, their continued training and their pension is all paid out of just over half of our Parish Share. The remainder (~14%) is split between the national church (~2.5%, but abolished from this year) and the diocese, who spend it on training the next generation of vicars, on the safeguarding team that we all rely on to pick up the phone when we call, and the small team of staff who, for example, support me in my youth ministry when I need guidance. This isn't to say every penny is spent exactly how I would want, but that's why I ran for election to the Diocesan Board of Finance in
2024!

Parish Share is one of the ways that we look beyond our parish boundaries, and give as God calls us to something bigger than ourselves. Thank you to each and every one of you who makes paying it possible, and let us pray for all the places and people it will support in this next year!

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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 14/05/2026

This is real patriotism.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I don’t make the rules.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Stealing is ok if it’s for church right ?

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Dewie @judgedewie.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Can I just repeat that if you think the problems in this country can be solved by deporting immigrants or haranguing trans women you are a fucking idiot and should not be allowed to go to the shops unsupervised, never mind vote. Wealth inequality. It's always been wealth inequality.

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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 16/04/2026

Ironically the BBC stumbled on a really important story: Desperate asylum seekers being forced to turn to fraudulent fee-charging “advisors” to navigate a system that is intentionally impossibly baroque and from which all sources of free advice have been removed. But no: they chose Fake Gay Panic.

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Robb and Ruth Sutherland @robbandruth.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Tonight we release our EP at Holy Nativity Mixenden. You can listen to the title track already out on Streaming services. We’d love to see you tonight from 6pm onwards for live music and a bar. share.amuse.io/track/robb-a...

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Amuse

Create smart music links that anyone can listen to!

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Today the Church of England remembers Theodore of Tarsus, second Archbishop of Canterbury, who had never set foot in these isles before being appointed, and who had to learn the local tongue on the journey here. There would be no British Christianity without immigrants.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!

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Holy Nativity Church, Mixenden @holynativity.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

The Church of England runs on the strength of its volunteers. Without local people giving up their holidays to work with the children of the parish, Youth Group Camp wouldn’t be possible. These are the people who give up their time every week to change people’s lives. @leeds.anglican.org

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Holy Nativity Church, Mixenden @holynativity.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Youth Group: life under canvas.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Apparently i’m worth 90 shillings

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Holy Nativity Church, Mixenden @holynativity.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Our group of pilgrims have returned to Mixenden and Illingworth. Now we return to the work of building God’s kingdom here in West Yorkshire. #TaizeNorth25

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Wonderful afternoon #TaizeNorth25 while our young people asked Br Jean-Patrick loads of brilliant questions including “How do you connect with God?” and “Have you ever fallen asleep in church?” @leeds.anglican.org @dioceseofyork.bsky.social

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Robb Sutherland @robbsutherland.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Umbrella weather and guitars don’t mix. #TaizeNorth25

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A great thread to start the day on pilgrimage #TaizeNorth25

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

One of the best things about Taizè is the amazing light. And it really put on a show for our eucharist with Archbishop Stephen Diocese of York Diocese of Leeds, Church of England #TaizeNorth25

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Robb and Ruth Sutherland @robbandruth.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

We have arrived at #TaizeNorth25 and we’re looking forward to leading the music for @archbishopofyork.org this afternoon. We felt a spot of rain during rehearsal this morning 😁

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The first Beatitude is the doorway to the rest. We need a poverty of spirit - a yearning for trust and hope and courage to ask for help in order to be fully human. #TaizeNorth25

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Poverty of spirit is a huge challenge for today’s world. We have lost our sense of mutual dependence and our need of others. Material poverty must be addressed but it must be addressed holistically and address the lack of hope. #TaizeNorth25

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Robb Sutherland @robbsutherland.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

After a tumultuous journey, here we are at #TaizeNorth25. #Taizé

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

When the Beatitudes talk about “happy” and “blessed” the Greek from which it is translated is … difficult to translate in a multilingual space but is an encouragement to go forward in hope. It means an incomprehensible and deep happiness #TaizeNorth25.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The Beatitudes are the proclamation which defines the Kingdom of God. They are for all humanity not just a group of followers. They are the Magna Carta of the Kingdom, its founding principles and universal laws. #TaizeNorth25

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The topic for this years bible studies is hope. Br. Pedro asks Can we look with the eyes of love on this world or do we just give up and despair? Where do we find good? #taizenorth25

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

#TaizeNorth25 The best way to make a large group of chatty pilgrims to shhhh is with a Taizè chant. Let the bible study commence.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Good morning from Taizè. The @leeds.anglican.org and @dioceseofyork.bsky.social pligrims are just enjoying our breakfast. Follow #TaizeNorth25 to see how the week unfolds.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

The fabulous husbeast is primary caregiver and wrangler of all things domestic chez BM, has been for years, but oh wow the grief he gets at work when he says he has to go do some child related life admin - he’s treated like a freak and I’m sure they think i’m a terrible wife and mother.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

And once again the #CofE acronym crossover causes me to reconsider my life choices

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

This is a brilliant thread.

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Robb Sutherland @robbsutherland.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This is the goose that laid a golden egg. Everyone wants to chuck things at him 😄

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Holy Nativity Church, Mixenden @holynativity.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Come and throw wet sponges at Bailey at Holy Nativity Summer Fair!

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

So just to get this straight; a woman has a brief moment of weakness at work and the money markets go into meltdown, and yet it’s the woman who is the problem, not the twitchy snowflakes panicking about tears. Our world would be much better if we admit that money makes people irrational and dumb.

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Jo BM @jobm.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Been a while since I had time to catch up on the art journal. Clearer head tells me i shouldn’t leave it so long

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