Pastoral – Page 2 – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Sympathy for the Devil?

Peter Ould Jul 15, 2010 Tagged with Aftermath, Attempts, Compassion, Control, David Cameron, Expressing Sympathy, Gun Shot Wounds, Havoc, Mistake, Moat, Murderer, Prime Minister, Public Sympathy, Raoul, Social Workers, Stalking, Superficial Analysis, Sympathy For The Devil, Victim Of Circumstance

It’s been two months now since the new Government took control in the UK and I’ve …

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Pastoral, Sexuality, Worship

Lesbianism and Family Breakdown

Peter Ould May 21, 2010 Tagged with Analytic Report, Biological Fathers, Biological Mother, Catholic University Of America, Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, Classical Theory, Department Of Sociology, Family Breakdown, Homosexual Behavior, Homosexual Conduct, Homosexual Partners, Homosexual Relationships, Intact Family, Lifesitenews, Paul Sullins, Religion Research, Religious Participation, Sex Parent, Sexual Development, Sexual Identification

A fascinating story on the controversial LifeSiteNews website. TheÂ Family Research Council (FRC) released a new analytic …

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Church of England, Holiness, Pastoral, Sexuality, Wholeness

Funding the Work

Peter Ould May 20, 2010 Tagged with Archbishop Of Canterbury, Bishops, Church of England, Desires, Fate, Gay Clergy, Homosexual Relationships, Martin Dudley, Mercy Of God, Onslaught, Place Of Safety, Priorities, Same Sex Attraction, Scripture, Sermons, Sexual Brokenness, Sexual Preferences, Single Life, Singleness, Surrender

In response to a comment in a previous thread, I want to repost part of a …

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Pastoral, Sexuality

Spring Harvest

Peter Ould Apr 5, 2010 Tagged with Good Time, Human Sexuality, Late Night, Spring Harvest

Off to Spring Harvest in Minehead tomorrow to take part in a late night panel on …

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Pastoral, UK Politics

Using Losing Children

Peter Ould Feb 7, 2010 Tagged with Blair, Conference Speech, Controversy, Critical Approach, Daughter Jennifer, David Cameron, Downing Street, Electioneering, Exact Line, Gordon Brown, Home Videos, Interview Gordon, Labour, Personal Matters, Piers Morgan, Politicians, Silence, Sums, Tory, U Turn

Controversy in some corners today over an interview Gordon Brown has done with Piers Morgan (to …

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Mission, Pastoral, Sexuality

Marin on the Uncomfortableness of Real Mission

Peter Ould Jan 14, 2010 Tagged with Accusations, Belief System, Biblical Model, Brothers And Sisters, Christians, Conservative Beliefs, Conservative Stance, Gay Community, Glbt People, Humble Servant, Jesus, Many People, Missiology, Neighbourhood, Own Eye, Paradigm, Scripture, Speck, Traditional Interpretation, Yes Or No Questions

Andrew Marin is writing some brilliant posts at the moment on his blog and here’s his …

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Legal Stuff, Pastoral, Secular / Christian, Sexuality

Christians and Caesar – Engaging with Issues of Equality

Peter Ould Jan 13, 2010 Tagged with Amendments, Biblical Theology, Biological Component, Caesar, Church of England, Churches, Conservatives, Dissonance, Email, Environmental Factors, Equality Bill, Few Days, Gender Expression, Human Sexuality, Key Point, Naivety, Notions, Parliament, Pastoral Experience, Pastors, Petition, Religious Groups, Sexual Behaviour, Sexuality, Thinking Anglicans, Transgenderism, Uk Parliament

I’ve not blogged a lot on the Equality Bill currently going through the UK Parliament, mainly …

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Pastoral, Theology, UK Politics, Wholeness

Here’s to you Mrs Robinson….

Peter Ould Jan 9, 2010 Tagged with Abominations, Child Abuse, Closer To Home, Enemy Number One, First Minister, Hypocrite, Irrational Behaviour, Ladies And Gentlemen, Medical Condition, Mental Illness, Mrs Robinson, Northern Ireland, Peter Robinson, Probity, Psychiatrists, Public Enemy, Public Enemy Number, Public Enemy Number One, Second Chance, Sinner

… Jesus loves you more than you could know, even if everybody else has the knives …

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Pastoral, Popular Culture

Thou Shalt Steal After All

Peter Ould Dec 22, 2009 Tagged with Archdeacon, Chains, Church of England, Conscience, Father Tim, Hamsters, Loaf Of Bread, Margins, Neglect, North Yorkshire Police, Parish Priest, Pickle, Saviour, Sermon, Shoplifting, Small Businesses, St Hilda, Sympathy, Tim Jones, Yorkshire

Dear me. Father Tim has got himself into a bit of a pickle hasn’t he? A …

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Homophobia, Media, Music, Pastoral, Popular Culture, Sexuality

Casting Aspersions

Peter Ould Oct 16, 2009 Tagged with Accusation, Acute Pulmonary Oedema, Annual Dinner, Aspersions, Autopsy, Bearing, Cannabis Consumption, Carapace, Cause Of Death, Celebrity, Commentators, Controversial Article, Daily Mail, Dangerous Lifestyle, Gay Issue, Illicit Sex, Jan Moir, Moral Rearmament, Narcotics, Nightcap, Ooze, Reprobate, Stephen Gately, Twitter

Following on from the power of Twitter in the Trafigura case earlier this week, it now …

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