‘All are welcome’ and ‘come as you are’ can’t enable a safe community if they mean, ‘come and say and do whatever you want’: we’re only able to create a safe community if we have boundaries. Below I explore some of the issues and ideas, with some questions to discuss this in your context. I …
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Thoughts about Privilege
When I started looking at this bible passage, I thought I knew what it was about…but then…. On first read this story in Luke 13: 10-17 is about Jesus healing a bent-over woman, or the religious leaders missing the point about Jesus’ ministry. It is. But preparing to preach on this passage, I was struck …
Wanna be a Grinch?
We probably all have an idea of ‘the Grinch’ – that friend or relative who seems to find no joy in things and make them miserable for others – especially around Christmas festivities. I have often referred to myself as a Grinch because (shock horror!) we only decorate our home at Christmas with a nativity …
Created equal, but not the same…
In our rush to be united and positive, can we miss God’s point? I keep hearing things about how we’re ‘all the same’ – like the tv show ‘Embarrassing Bodies’ slogan, ‘there’s no shame, we’re all the same’, and today I heard a pastor say, ‘When God looks at us, he doesn’t see Black and …
gathering thoughts 