Thinking about Good Friday (and little) and Judas (mostly) and Judas’ suicide. Was there another way? Trigger warning: this post speaks about suicide. There is no graphic content in words or images, but it is discussed. Helpline and text service numbers are at the bottom of this post at *. When someone in my family …
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Inclusive Church: “Are we there yet? …”
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’, …
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 …
Trans women, the media, toilets, and agendas
Just why are there SO many media articles about trans women and toilets? Although it’s estimated that trans people make up only about 2% of the population, there seems to be a huge number of articles in the media about trans people. I wonder why? The simple answer could be because we are prepared to …
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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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