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I’ve just spent 15 minutes trying to persuade Mrs D that President Putin has a daughter called Ra-Raras. She wasn’t having any of it.

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Lenten preparations in full swing.

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Had such a good time at Twickers on Saturday.

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This little guy sits on my desk every day. I’m praying for him.

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A purchase from Stamford - a Staffordshire figurine of John Wesley preaching, flanked by angels. It’s probably fair to say I love it more than others.

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Fr Didymus outside the ruins of St Leonard’s Priory in Stamford this morning. Mrs D says my jumper is too tight and I look like a shirtless Donald Trump. Which is fair.

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Just trying on my kilt to wear to the rugby tomorrow. It appears to have shrunk.

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Gosh. I expect we’ll have a flipping bank holiday for Eastenders’ fiftieth.

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Praying for Pope Francis this morning. A godly man.

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Basil clearly hasn’t read the Valentine’s Day memo.

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Fact. The media tends to give female politicians a harder time than male ones. I've noticed this for years. Trying being the female CEO of a company and see how the media treats you. It's real and it's grim.

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Basically the valentine's card is the one time in the year that I write by hand nowadays. Blinking hell it looks awful. I used to have lovely handwriting. Though I say so myself. Anyone else feeling the same?

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I'm beginning to wonder if Synod is actually structurally unable to function, and this is why it constantly seems to kick important decisions down the road.

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I'm quite prepared to acknowledge that the law needs to change. It's just that the most significant piece of social legislation since WWll should not be rushed through parliament using a poorly managed private member's bill. Let's do this properly.

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Hey. You remember when we were kids and ice skating was a big - I mean massive - TV spectator sport and Britain was really really good at it? What happened?

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A hundo times this.

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Note to self. I must not give evil stares to those occupying the top front seat of the bus when I board.

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Being the last to leave home this morning I find myself chuntering about how every light in the house has been left on and I realise I’m turning into my father (RIP) and this makes me happy.

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Fr D: “Darling that’s a pretty jumper. Is it new?” Mrs D: “Not technically” Fr D: “Not technically? Mrs D: “well, I didn’t buy it today”

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Dear Synod. Way to go not listening to anyone, ever.

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Stacey Solomon would make an amazing vicar. Just saying.

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One of the most sinister aspects of the C21st is the decline in the western world of a truly independent media that people actually read or watch.

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BCP crowd! Tomorrow the fourth Sunday after Epiphany, yes?

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So I knitted a matching beanie for Mrs D. We’ve decided we’re going to have to take it in turns wearing them outside, or else people will think we’re odd* *people already think I’m odd.

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Son unexpectedly home from Durham to recharge batteries. Mrs D at a work “do” so I’ve cooked steak, opened a bottle of claret lit a fire and we’re watching Star Wars. Heaven basically.

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Kings Cross. I find this very poignant. RIP indeed. And prayers for those who mourn her.

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Lady boards train in wheelchair. Once train underway she starts playing music full blast on speakerphone, stands up and has a full-on boogie while toking on her vape. This all makes me rather happy.

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Dear BBCNews, please stop using footage of boat crossings to illustrate stories about migration. You know as well as I do that these crossings represent a tiny percentage of people coming to this country. It’s lazy jingoistic journalism.

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Trump is like the guy in the brainstorm that says something so batshit that everyone else has to pinch themselves to stop them pointing out loud that this is the worst idea they’ve ever heard. Ever.

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Quick! Time is running out to apply for a job so woke that Trump is about to impose tariffs on us. Come to Godzone parish!

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Today in the Christian calendar we enter Panettonetide. It’s when we throw out the Panettone we’ve amassed at Christmas.

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The +Liverpool situation is a complete horlicks. Complainants silenced. Bishops’ careers and lives trashed. Surely the answer would be to have allowed the CDM, meaning a fair judgement, proportionate remedies & rehabilitation? Someone must take responsibility for this.

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At morning prayer a member of our sodality confessed that I remind him of Norbert the gnome from Wallace and Gromit. I get this tbh.

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Five today! I promise he didn’t eat the candle.

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Speaking as someone who is proud to have worked with safeguarding victims, to those in the church who think it’s okay to hint at identifying a victim of sexual harassment without their permission you should (a) be ashamed (b) consider your position. It’s a fucking outrage. #rage

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When Basil meets people he tends to smile. A lot. Sometimes we have to warn guests he’s not about to bite them. Quite the opposite.

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I can’t help thinking that modernising the words of the Lord’s Prayer was a bad idea in retrospect. Perhaps it’s because I minister in two churches that use different versions.

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Amazing @BBCNews coverage from Auschwitz. We’re in bits. And so we should be. And God bless King Charles.

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Churches. Please can we stop paying young workers less than the minimum wage? It’s just it’s illegal and immoral and exploitative and stuff. Really not a good look.

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Really looking forward to worshipping at the Belfry York this morning. I really miss modern worship.

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