I blogged a day or two about 'where are the men?' Subsequently, I have read a fair amount about what puts men off church, including this from the Church Times. I have read about how churches are too girly in their décor - lavender and pink and floral and carpeted and chintzy (not really here but there you go). And then I remembered Bishop Alan's post, suggesting the above would get the men in. Certainly separates the men from the boys in my opinion.
Book review – How to Survive a World in Crisis (And Not Grow Weary of Doing
Good) by Ruth Valerio
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The Saturday of the August Bank Holiday found me at Greenbelt, the normally
lush green fields of Boughton House parched after a summer of heatwaves. As
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More thoughs on it are here http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2010/01/men-who-sing-love-songs-to-a-man-while-the-vicar-wears-a-dress.html
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