A sense of belonging
On 7 October 2007 I went for the first time to a little Anglican church just down the road from me. That means I have been there a whole year now and I still can’t believe that I have found somewhere...
View ArticleThe glorious mess of humanity
On 7 October 2008 an article appeared in The Times called ”The camp that ‘cures’ homosexuality”. The reporter Lucy Bannerman took a little trip to an Exodus International conference where she met some...
View ArticleGay-bashing in Christian love
Tonight I went over for my surrogate Mum and Dad’s house for dinner with a few people they have ‘collected’ over the years, some of whom are in church some aren’t. Tonight we ended up with a very...
View ArticleNooma – Rhythm
Tonight at our cell group we watched one of the Nooma DVD’s called Rhythm. I love these little films. They are generally clever, make me think and encourage me to think about God in different ways. In...
View ArticleBe Part of the Action
The Churches Advertising Network has released their Christmas campaign which features the Holy Family in a bus-stop. I love it! I think it is an absolutely beautiful picture and hope that many people...
View ArticleThe Gayification of Greenbelt?
The very kind Dave Walker pointed me in the direction of the Anglican Mainsteam blog, and in particular a post by Lisa Nolland called Greenbelt, ‘gay evangelicalism’ and CMS: Summer 2009. One of the...
View ArticleLosing Our Religion
My friend William Crawley directed me to a documentary he made about faith in Northern Ireland and this has changed over a period of time. The documentary is called Losing Our Religion and can still be...
View ArticleRIP Grandpa
My Mum phoned me this morning to tell me that my lovely Grandpa had died peacefully in the early hours of the morning. He had been deteriorating for some time, really since this photo was taken at my...
View ArticlePhilippa Stroud, sexuality and me
I was a little bit bemused to take a look at my WibStats and find out in that in the last 24 hours the number of unique visitors to my blog had increased by 166%. Now, by anyone’s standards this is...
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