Category Archives: Dean of St Pauls

Is God Inhuman?

Posted on April 4, 2021 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s and Vice Chair of the Ozanne Foundation I’ve been reading Bill Bryson’s book The Body. It’s a fascinating read about the wonders of the human body and how much … Continue reading →

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One for All and All for One?

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s, member of General Synod and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation The words which bind together Alexander Dumas’ Three Musketeers are also the unofficial motto of Switzerland, and date back … Continue reading →

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We Can’t Go Back…to Being In Control

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s, Member of General Synod and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation  Are you old enough to remember this? A woman is kneeling on the kitchen floor caressing her new fan … Continue reading →

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Minding Our Adjectives…

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s, Member of General Synod and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation What do the words ‘biblical’ and ‘orthodox’ mean for you? I trained at theological college (a very long time … Continue reading →

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Abusers of Faith

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s, Member of General Synod and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation In June 2017 the Church of England published the Gibb Report An Abuse of Faith, an independent enquiry into … Continue reading →

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Nationalism, Patriotism and Glory…

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s, Member of General Synod and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation ‘Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism is when hate of people other than your … Continue reading →

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Unity or Truth?

Posted on October 25, 2019 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s, Member of General Synod and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation I was talking with a church leader the other day who lamented that they kept getting criticised by Christians … Continue reading →

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An Anglican Communion at a Crossroads?

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation On holiday recently I read a book I was sent last year. It’s called The Anglican Communion at a Crossroads – The Crises … Continue reading →

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The Looking-Glass World of the Judgemental

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation In some churches, members have to be judged worthy by others in order to receive the sacrament of communion, going beyond the Anglican … Continue reading →

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Are Christians Guilty of Exerting Peer Pressure to Make People “Fit In”?

Posted on December 10, 2018 by Jayne Ozanne

by the Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul’s and Vice-Chair of the Ozanne Foundation All of us want to ‘fit in’, to be part of a human group where we feel at home. It’s programmed into our … Continue reading →

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