Blogging bishops might be getting somewhere
Belated congratulations to Nick Baines , who was last week announced as the next Bishop of Bradford . In the world of Bishops this counts as an upgrade, since when he moves from Croydon to Bradford he will be in charge of a Diocese for the first time. Nick is one of the Bishops of choice for Anglican bloggers , being a blogger himself and a regular on Twitter. I'm aware that what I'm about to say may look hugely hubristic , but I'm going to say it anyway. I think that the appointment of a blogging Bishop to a senior post can only be a good thing. Nick is one of the very few Bishops who have a) shown any interest whatsoever in web-based media, b) had anything of interest to say once online, and c) successfully engaged with the digital world without saying anything inept enough to earn himself unflattering news headlines. Most of his colleagues haven't even got to a), and those who have, generally fell down at b) or c). That isn't to say that he hasn't made ...