Pastoral – Page 3 – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

Funding the Work

By Peter Ould Posted on May 20, 2010 Posted in Church of England, Holiness, Pastoral, Sexuality, Wholeness 39 Comments 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 piece I wrote two years ago in response to the Martin Dudley affair in London. We are rapidly approaching the point where the traditional …

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Spring Harvest

By Peter Ould Posted on April 5, 2010 Posted in Pastoral, Sexuality 7 Comments 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 human sexuality. Looking forward to spending some good time with Andrew Marin amongst others.

Using Losing Children

By Peter Ould Posted on February 7, 2010 Posted in Pastoral, UK Politics 4 Comments 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 be shown next week) where he publicly cries over the death of his daughter Jennifer Jane in 2002. Tory Bear sums up one perspective. …

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Marin on the Uncomfortableness of Real Mission

By Peter Ould Posted on January 14, 2010 Posted in Mission, Pastoral, Sexuality 9 Comments 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 latest on how he responds to those who accuse him of undermining the Gospel. I do not hide the fact that, theologically, I believe …

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Christians and Caesar – Engaging with Issues of Equality

By Peter Ould Posted on January 13, 2010 Posted in Legal Stuff, Pastoral, Secular / Christian, Sexuality No Comments 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 because I haven’t had much to say. There’s also very good coverage on Thinking Anglicans (and very poor opinion in the comments) which is …

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Here’s to you Mrs Robinson….

By Peter Ould Posted on January 9, 2010 Posted in Pastoral, Theology, UK Politics, Wholeness 13 Comments 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 out for you and your husband. You can’t really blame the Schadenfreude enthusiasts can you? Iris Robinson made the headlines over a year ago …

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