The Wardman Wire

This page is a list of Wardman Wire publications for different resources, projects or campaigns.

Online Symposia – Thinking about Politics

An online symposium is a series of articles from a range of viewpoints on a common subject over several days. We are experimenting with this as a way of encouraging thoughtful debate amongst bloggers and others. Each series of articles is published on the Wardman Wire, and also as a PDF download as an experiment in making blog-debate available more in a more convenient form for later readers. To enquire about sponsorship please email mattwardman AT gmail DOT com.

August 2009 – Mission and Fresh Expressions 2009: A Survey of Diocesan Resources

This is a snapshot survey of resources relating to “Fresh Expressions” on Church of England Diocesan websites in May/June 2009, compiled from a series of blog posts on Rev David Keen’s (Twitter: @davidmkeen) blog St Aidan to Abbey Manor (davidkeen.blogspot.com). It has been compiled into a PDF file by Matt Wardman (Twitter: @mattwardman), editor of the Wardman Wire at mattwardman.com, with added material. The method was to spend a short time on each Diocesan website, and to highlight resources of interest to people from outside the Diocese which were easy to find. Links are preserved and there are comments threads on the original articles where feedback can be left, and questions asked. Click through on the title of each main chapter to comment. You can Read the Article Series over at David Keen’s blog, or download the “Mission and Fresh Expressions 2009: A Survey of Diocesan Resources” PDF Report (350k).

June 2008 – Devolving England

One of the issues that is always bubbling under is devolution in the UK. While three of  the four home nations have their own parliaments, England is run from Westminster, where the West Lothian Question still holds – why can Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs vote on issues that do not affect them? Should we give more power to local councils, or are city regions a better way to go? Read the article series, or download the PDF (200k).

Stand Up SPCK Up

14 Sep 2008 Analysis of J Mark Brewer’s Response to the US Court Motion For Sanctions Against Him – Rev David Keen (PDF: 160k)

October 2008 – Devolving England

One of the issues that is always bubbling under is devolution in the UK. While three of the four home nations have their own parliaments, England is run from Westminster, where the West Lothian Question still holds – why can Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish MPs vote on issues that do not affect them? Should we give more power to local councils, or are city regions a better way to go? Read the article series, or download the PDF (200k).

Stand Up SPCK Up

14 Sep 2008 Analysis of J Mark Brewer’s Response to the US Court Motion For Sanctions Against Him – Rev David Keen (PDF: 160k)

This document is a point by point comparison of the Motion for Sanctions against J Mark Brewer and Brewer and Pritchard PC, and the Response from J Mark Brewer, and also includes a short summary and commentary on key points.

10 Sep 2008 US Court Motion For Sanctions Against J. Mark Brewer: Is the SPCK Dam Breaking at Last? – Phil Groom (PDF: 127k)

This is the text of a motion entered by By Randy W Williams, the Trustee in Bankruptcy, requesting sanctions against J Mark Brewer and Brewer and Pritchard PC on September 4th 2008, following on from the dismissal with prejudice of Application for the Bankruptcy of the Society of Saint Stephen the Great. It has been sourced from the same source who previously supplied copies of the full Court Documentation.

13 Aug 2008 The SSG/SPCK Affair: Documenting the Background. Bishop Michael Perham and Simon Kingston (PDF 50k)

This statement was issued on 12 August 2008 after an enquiry from Phil Groom, who runs the Independent UK Christian Bookshops Directory the SPCK SSG News Blog.

7 Aug 2008 The SPCK SSG Debacle – How I came to be starting from here – Phil Groom (PDF: 70k)

Phil Groom runs the Independent UK Christian Bookshops Directory, and has become a key independent figure in the scrutiny of the Management of the SPCK Chain of Bookshops.

3 Aug 2008 The Dave Walker Reposts – May 2006 to July 2008 – Matt Wardman (PDF: 1.7Mb)

This pamphlet reproduces the 75 articles published by Dave Walker at the Cartoon Church weblog, reporting and commenting on the situation at the SPCK chain of bookshops in the UK. Dave commented from the time when the chain was first acknowledged to be at risk, and subsequently under the management of the Society of Saint Stephen the Great. Some background and commentary is included. The content of these posts is alleged to be Defamatory. I think those allegations are baseless, and may themselves be defamatory. I invite you to make your own decision.