{"id":2866,"date":"2008-09-09T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-09T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2008\/09\/this-just-in-from-the-anglican-desk.html"},"modified":"2008-09-09T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-09T17:05:00","slug":"this-just-in-from-the-anglican-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2008\/09\/this-just-in-from-the-anglican-desk.html","title":{"rendered":"This just in, from the Anglican desk&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our brothers and sisters on the eastern side of The Pond just got a new curate at one of their churches.  <\/p>\n<p>A full report on Rev. Skye Denno, from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1053502\/Pictured-Lager-loving-punk-dresses-dominatrix-appointed-village-curate.html\">The Daily Mail<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>  Some days she strides up to church wearing hot pants and biker boots. <\/p>\n<p>Or she might opt for dominatrix-style red leather high heels to go with her six piercings including a nose stud. <\/p>\n<p>Not the apparel you would normally expect from a Church of England curate.<\/p>\n<p>But punk rocker Skye Denno insists it is her way of serving God. <\/p>\n<p>Miss Denno, 29, who admits to a taste for lager and the Sex Pistols, is two weeks into her appointment as curate at the Church of St James the Great in Dursley, Gloucestershire. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s been great,&#8217; she said. &#8216;My clothes and how I look haven&#8217;t been a problem. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think it makes me more approachable and I haven&#8217;t heard any grumbles. At the most people have been a little surprised. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I did walk down the street in biker boots, hot pants and dog collar and got a few looks. I don&#8217;t do it to be difficult  &#8211;  it&#8217;s just me. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Church can be quite cliquey and it&#8217;s important for me to keep it real and not be another stuffy, middle-class vicar.&#8217; <\/p>\n<p>Miss Denno moved to the town with her partner Joel and their two young children last month to take up her new role. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> You have GOT to read the rest &#8212; and vist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-1053502\/Pictured-Lager-loving-punk-dresses-dominatrix-appointed-village-curate.html\">the link<\/a>.  They have a picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our brothers and sisters on the eastern side of The Pond just got a new curate at one of their churches. A full report on Rev. 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