Archbishop Jonathan Blake

The Most Reverend Jonathan Blake, Presiding Archbishop of the Open Episcopal Church B.A. (Hons), Dip. Pastoral Studies. Mobile: 07767 687711 www.bishopjonathanblake.com archbishopjonathanblake@gmail.com www.openepiscopalchurch.org The Church is a member of The International Council of Community churches and the World Council of Churches. Married and a proud Dad.

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Gassed Tehran, seized Kabul, helped Mother Teresa, funded TB hospital, priest 1981, went Auschwitz, wrote on Parliament, convicted, began 1st inter-faith NHS chapel, 12 yrs Anglican cleric/vicar - left, baptised 1000's in homes/Mt Snowdon/at circus, wedding underwater, wrote ‘For God’s Sake Don’t Go To Church’, nailed 95 Theses 2 Canterbury cathedral, arrested, co-founded the Society for Independent Ministry, consecrated a bishop, co-founded the Open Episcopal Church, did 1st gay wedding on morning TV, sued Associated Newspapers, co-consecrated 1st women bishops 4 England,Wales,Scotland, accommodated the homeless, posted Mass/took it 2 sex workers, elected Archbishop, arrested 4 climbing with sons,founded ‘When No One’s Watching',made ICV, did Jade Goody's wedding,invited 2 Downing St, wrote 'That Old Devil Called God Again', conviction 4 campaigning against child abuse quashed on appeal, convicted 4 successful blogging 2 stop paedophile. His Christmas Lights raising £79,000 4 Water in 4 Gambian villages. Published "The Tales of Henry the Lovable Hedgehog", the SAFE New Testament + Psalms + radical Book of Common Prayer, ordained priests for UK,US,Thailand,Spain,Ireland

Monday, February 24, 2014

ADLINGTON IS A TRAPPED AND WOUNDED PERSON

 Our skin deep culture is obsessed with the trivial, the transient and the superficial. We saturate ourselves with egocentricity and egg up our obsessive pursuit of success and 'perfection' and then wonder why personalities fall apart with inconsistencies. Adlington is a trapped and wounded person. She has achieved so much that would be the envy of many. In doing so, she has inadvertently defeated her rivals, dashed their dreams and left them flailing in their failure, only then to be still preoccupied with her appearance. This level of self obsession is replicated in many celebrities and often spurs them into self abuse. It is a disturbance of the mind brought about by the distortion created when we give undue attention to appearance as opposed to the inner human qualities that build rounded individuals and a coherent society.

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