Thomas Sharp (he / they) 🏳️🌈
@thomasmsharp.bsky.social
Franciscan | Anglican | #actuallyautistic | LGBwiththeT | Tutor in Pastoral Theology St Augustine's College | Currently researching Safeguarding & Pastoral Care |@younganglicantheo.bsky.social
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Pray for Brs Leo, Jude and Thomas Aidan as they begin their noviciate with the Society of St Francis. #CofEpeeps ⚓️✝️
February 3, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Pray for Brs Leo, Jude and Thomas Aidan as they begin their noviciate with the Society of St Francis. #CofEpeeps ⚓️✝️
Make exorcism normal again (and safe… and part of holistic care in collaboration with medical professionals)!
The basic paradox the CofE faces is that it’s commitment to Safeguarding is sincere and genuine, but it also wants its ministry of exorcism to be secret - even from most of its own clergy, and certainly from society. I’m not sure this is a cake the Church can both have and eat.
February 1, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Make exorcism normal again (and safe… and part of holistic care in collaboration with medical professionals)!
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Talking to the dead is good. It is, so far as one can tell, bordering on normal. Having an AI pretending to be them talk back is just a recipe for never processing the loss.
February 1, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Talking to the dead is good. It is, so far as one can tell, bordering on normal. Having an AI pretending to be them talk back is just a recipe for never processing the loss.
I'm not sure the accessibility software is being helpful, since my role involves overseeing the training of lay ministers for several dioceses, and it consistently transcribes "lay ministers" as "lame ministers". If it gets me fired, to who do I send the bill? ⚓✝️
January 31, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I'm not sure the accessibility software is being helpful, since my role involves overseeing the training of lay ministers for several dioceses, and it consistently transcribes "lay ministers" as "lame ministers". If it gets me fired, to who do I send the bill? ⚓✝️
Me watching all the comments on Archbishop Sarah that go along the lines of, “I couldn’t be happier that the new Archbishop’s a woman, but…”
Amazing how people in the secular press drop the feminism whenever a woman does or says something. ⚓️✝️ #CofEpeeps
Amazing how people in the secular press drop the feminism whenever a woman does or says something. ⚓️✝️ #CofEpeeps
a baby is making a funny face while sitting at a table in a restaurant .
Alt: a baby is making a suspicious face while sitting at a table in a restaurant .
media.tenor.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Me watching all the comments on Archbishop Sarah that go along the lines of, “I couldn’t be happier that the new Archbishop’s a woman, but…”
Amazing how people in the secular press drop the feminism whenever a woman does or says something. ⚓️✝️ #CofEpeeps
Amazing how people in the secular press drop the feminism whenever a woman does or says something. ⚓️✝️ #CofEpeeps
A surprise and much needed day off has occasioned some much needed garden TLC. I am still astounded how short the winter is in this little walled space. Spring is already marching on! And the red rose we pinched from a building site has survived its untimely transplant! 🌱
January 29, 2026 at 10:59 AM
A surprise and much needed day off has occasioned some much needed garden TLC. I am still astounded how short the winter is in this little walled space. Spring is already marching on! And the red rose we pinched from a building site has survived its untimely transplant! 🌱
It shall be nice to pray "for Emma our Bishop and Sarah our Archbishop" at Evensong tonight. Laus deo. #CofEpeeps ✝️⚓
January 28, 2026 at 2:59 PM
It shall be nice to pray "for Emma our Bishop and Sarah our Archbishop" at Evensong tonight. Laus deo. #CofEpeeps ✝️⚓
Oh gosh! Rest eternal!
Just heard via my old parish fb group that Fenwick Lawson has died. His work - striking, often monumental chainsaw sculptures depicting Christian imagery, history & the challenge of its moral vision - inscribe Durham & the Northumbrian coast within a sacred landscape en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenwick...
January 28, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Oh gosh! Rest eternal!
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Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
January 27, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Happy 3 year anniversary to this post
Considering jettisoning Netflix and Disney in favour of the BFI player. Such WONDERFUL films.
January 23, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Considering jettisoning Netflix and Disney in favour of the BFI player. Such WONDERFUL films.
Genuinely delighted by our students’ willingness to throw themselves into Trinitarian theology this week. Also delighted by the freedom to teach with a whiteboard.
January 22, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Genuinely delighted by our students’ willingness to throw themselves into Trinitarian theology this week. Also delighted by the freedom to teach with a whiteboard.
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"The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger and more just."
Wow.
Wow.
'The old order is not coming back,' Carney says in provocative speech at Davos | CBC News
Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank assessment of how he views the world in a provocative speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday, where he said the longstanding U.S.-led, rules-based intern...
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January 20, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy. But from the fracture, we can build something better, stronger and more just."
Wow.
Wow.
If I wave a magic wand or a class 2 relic at the pile of books and hope, the lecture slides on Christology will magically appear, right? Right?
January 19, 2026 at 11:01 AM
If I wave a magic wand or a class 2 relic at the pile of books and hope, the lecture slides on Christology will magically appear, right? Right?
Yesterday: four hours of lectures on the Trinity. Today: 3 3/4 hours on theological reflection methods and 1 1/4 hours on dramatic preaching. On the train home and contemplating tomorrow’s sermon.
January 17, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Yesterday: four hours of lectures on the Trinity. Today: 3 3/4 hours on theological reflection methods and 1 1/4 hours on dramatic preaching. On the train home and contemplating tomorrow’s sermon.
As a gay cleric in the CofE, today I feel guilt (that I didn't do more in the LLF process) but also affirmation (that I didn't sacrifice other things in my life in order to spend energy and emotion on a process which has yielded nothing). I am devastated and also unsurprised. #CofEPeeps ⚓
January 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
As a gay cleric in the CofE, today I feel guilt (that I didn't do more in the LLF process) but also affirmation (that I didn't sacrifice other things in my life in order to spend energy and emotion on a process which has yielded nothing). I am devastated and also unsurprised. #CofEPeeps ⚓
Taught an introductory lecture on the Holy Trinity tonight, and the students were really sparky… spotting heresies, problems and opportunities faster than I could teach them. So satisfying!!!
January 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Taught an introductory lecture on the Holy Trinity tonight, and the students were really sparky… spotting heresies, problems and opportunities faster than I could teach them. So satisfying!!!
Theologians more often should have beer together whilst sitting on dreadful sofas. I think this would improve the quality of scholarship and our service to the Church immeasurably.
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En cherchant une photo de Ratzinger avec Rahner, je suis tombé (sur un site hyper tradi) sur cette photo ou les deux hommes partagent une bière.
Idée d'une #FASM.
Le 17/02, mardi gras?
En cherchant une photo de Ratzinger avec Rahner, je suis tombé (sur un site hyper tradi) sur cette photo ou les deux hommes partagent une bière.
Idée d'une #FASM.
Le 17/02, mardi gras?
January 12, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Theologians more often should have beer together whilst sitting on dreadful sofas. I think this would improve the quality of scholarship and our service to the Church immeasurably.
A new meaning to "Aim for the stars"
In 1931, German engineer Herr Richter attached 12 solid-fuel rockets to a bicycle, which were ignited by a large battery. One report says he managed to reach 88 kmh before being thrown from the bike. He wasn't seriously injured, but that's the last anyone heard of his Raketenrad.
January 10, 2026 at 10:18 PM
A new meaning to "Aim for the stars"
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I have three classes of students for doctrine this term. Monday’s group came up with interesting answers to the introductory question, “What is doctrine used for in your church?” Let’s see how tonight’s group compare.
January 7, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I have three classes of students for doctrine this term. Monday’s group came up with interesting answers to the introductory question, “What is doctrine used for in your church?” Let’s see how tonight’s group compare.
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
It is such a pleasure to be together for Matins and Mass as we never get to do this usually!
December 28, 2025 at 12:35 PM
It is such a pleasure to be together for Matins and Mass as we never get to do this usually!