Ray Descombes
@RayDescombes
Dagenham boy. C of E Priest in Becontree South. Ardent Christian but down on fundamentalism. ExJW. Proud father of 3 and grandfather of 8.
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Ange,thank you for these two incredible seasons. You’re a fantastic coach, but above all, a great person who deserves the best. From day one you paved the way despite the many obstacles that always existed and always will exist. Beyond everything, we won a trophy and went down in…
The scenes outside JW3 today have been deeply disturbing and unacceptable. There is a line where the right to protest crosses into intimidation and threatening behaviour. This line was crossed today. More significantly though, the event was being sponsored by Haaretz, a…
12 years later and ten minutes in and this #OpeningCeremony is clearly coming nowhere near to London 2012.
Never paid much attention to Rebekah Vardy but her column in the Speccie today about her early life as a Jehova's Witness is surprising, sad and warmly optimistic.
Rebekah Vardy's Christmas Notebook in the Spectator gives a clear insight into being a JW at Christmas time spectator.co.uk/article/i-no-l…
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Christmas as a Jehovah’s Witness
When I was growing up, there was no Christmas – at least, not one that was recognised in our household. As Jehovah’s Witnesses, we were taught that it was a dressed-up pagan festival that had nothing...
"From the age of 12-years-old I was being abused and instead of being supported, I was blamed." Rebekah Vardy grew up as a Jehovah's Witness. She shares her experience of how the religious organisation handled her allegations of being sexually abused as a child.
St Cuthbert's Gold Pectoral Cross, that was discovered in the 19th Century, has Twelve Garnets (or jewels) in each arm. It is thought that this is to represent either the Twelve Apostles or the Twelve Foundation Stones of New Jerusalem #FactFriday
Abigail, Nathaniel and Elias arrived at Heathrow yesterday to make our Christmas complete
A greater spotted woodpecker was on one of our bird feeders this morning. The first time we've seen one our Dagenham garden since before COVID.
Don’t forget to tune into @BBCRadio4 at 9am GMT today, to hear Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie @ChimamandaReal give the first Reith lecture, on freedom of speech. I was very lucky to hear her recording it. It’s brilliant amd so is she - you do not want to miss.
We must do more for those with good reason to come to the UK. Our government creates the demand for "illegal routes" by not making any safe routes possible youtu.be/6Nhl87CLU70
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‘Shortage of safe and legal routes’ for migrants, Suella Braverman...
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