I believe that being an Inclusive Church is less a destination, more a journey. Here I share some thoughts on why, and how we can approach the journey so that it’s invigorating and enlivening, rather than dispiriting and endless! (I use ‘Inclusive Church’ as a title, thinking of churches who register with the organisation, ‘Inclusive Church’, …
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Boundaries of Inclusion
‘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 …
Challenging boundaries – Queering the gospel.
My thoughts on the gospel of John, chapter 20, verses 24 – 29 (Jesus meets Thomas after Jesus’ resurrection) shared April 2021. “In winter 2018 we had a book group looking at a book called ‘Upside Down Bible’, by Symon Hill. That book encouraged us to look at gospel stories in a different way – …
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Joined across distance?
A note on ‘The Communion of Saints’ in this time of Covid. Many years ago, it became ‘in vogue’ to look around the rest of the church/meeting when everyone said ‘the grace’, which is a short prayer which is often used at the end of a church service (or meeting). The prayer is ‘may the …
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