Sometimes the Director of Changing Attitude just gets it spot on. The Church of England knows it has a crisis on its hands. It thinks the crisis might be solved by gently persuading enough conservatives to overcome their convictions and…
Tag: Prejudice
Colin Coward Nails It
Posted in Church of England Tagged with: Attitude, Bishops, Church Members, Church of England, Colin Coward, Conservatives, Convictions, Courage, Disdain, God Of Love, Nails, Nature Of God, Precipice, Prejudice, Straight To The Point, Synod, Understandings, Vicar, Vindictive God
Institutional Homophobia?
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, Â training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of…
Posted in Church of England, Gay Bishops, Homophobia Tagged with: Best Intentions, Blessed Hope, Church Positions, Disagreement, Gay Bishops, Giles Fraser, Godly Lives, Grace Of God, Great God, Homophobia, Homosexuals, House Of Bishops, Lawlessness, Legal Advice, Prejudice, Present Age, Saviour Jesus Christ, Sexual Activity, Sinew, Worldly Passions
Southwark – A Solution
I have a solution. Really, I have a solution. I grant you, it’s a slightly provocative solution, but I guarantee you that absolutely no-one could have an objection to Dr John being the Bishop of Southwark if it’s implemented. It’s…
Posted in Church of England, Sexuality Tagged with: Bishop Of Southwark, Bishops, Civil Partnerships, Collegiality, Conversations, Diocesan Clergy, Dr John, Guarantee, House Of Bishops, Human Sexuality, Insinuations, Man Of His Word, Objection, Pastoral Statement, Prejudice, Private Life, Provocative Solution, Signature, Target
Ex-Gay “Expose” in the Independent
I have a dictaphone taped to my stomach as I arrive at Lynne’s large house, north of London. She had told me beforehand that she would charge me £40 per session and that she always prayed at the beginning and…
Posted in PostGay, Sexuality Tagged with: Addiction, Boundaries, Developmental Stages, Dictaphone, Faith, Light And Healing, Mental Illness, Prejudice, Psychological History, Religious Phenomenon, Rest Of My Life, Same Sex Attraction, Sessions, Sexual Encounters, Spacious Living Room, Ssa, Stomach, Teenager, Victoria Sponge, Whiteboard
“Please don’t label me”
Forget the amusing story that the children on the latest atheist bus campaign are in fact sprogs of Evangelicals. What’s more hilarious is the thinking behind the campaign – “Please don’t label me – Let me grow up and choose…
Posted in Home Life, Lighter Things, Reuben, Secular / Christian Tagged with: Amusing Story, Atheist, Dogma, Drugs, Evangelicals, Gas Flame, Hearts Content, Hob, Narcotics, Parenting, Parents, People, Prejudice, Presuppositions, Reuben, Rubbish, Saucepan, Sensible Advice, Smart Kid, Sprogs, Violence
Aber mit der Heimat
geht man immer herum,
durch die Welt,
dort und dort
Peter Handke
No one could describe
the Word of the Father;
but when He took flesh from you, O Theotokos,
He consented to be described, and restored the fallen image to its former beauty.
We confess and proclaim our salvation in word and image.
Kontakion of the Triumph of Orthodoxy
