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Thursday 22nd December 2019 I am not a piece of used sellotape that’s lost it’s stickiness (1)I am not a dirty piece of chocolate that’s been passed from hand to hand, that nobody wants to eat. (2)I am not an old, worn out toothbrush.(3)I am not a lump of chewed gum (3)I am not a …
24th December 2021 I read an article last week, for advent, asking the question: “Does the bible really claim that Mary was a virgin?” and after reading the article I read the comments. Never. Read. The. Comments. It wasn’t long before cries of “heretic” and “false teacher were being slung across the data stream. The …
Thursday 15th December 2022 I’ve already written extensively on the links between a non-LGBTQ+ understanding of our faith and a theology that at best minimises rape. LGBTQ+ people have become the Christian equivalent of Godwin’s law: Whilst secular abusers say “at least I’m not Hitler” Straight Christian wrongdoers will justify their abusive behaviour with “at …
12th November 2018 I found myself looking around church during one of the hymns on Sunday.On the row in front of me was an old woman, too frail to stand for the hymns but nevertheless there, worshipping in her seat.Across the aisle a mother stood cradling her baby, I couldn’t help but smile watching her …
Monday 12th December 2022 It’s that time of year when people start to ask whether or not the Virgin birth was real and some Christians become incredibly offended at the suggestion that it might not be. Cards on the table, I believe in a mighty and omnipotent God, I see no reason why God couldn’t …
10th December 2022 The last day of the 16 Days of Activism falls on Human Rights Day. Handy really because Women’s Rights are Human Rights.I want to issue that invitation to men again, to come alongside us and purposefully and intentionally work with us to end the epidemic of violence against women. I’m not going …
9th December 2022 If the cause of Domestic Abuse lies in broken masculinity and broken femininity as a result of Adam and Eve’s sin then the answer to Domestic Abuse must surely lie in Jesus, after all he came to restore and heal and put all that stuff right. Sadly, I believe a lot of …
8th December 2022 There’s always some feminist in the news moaning about something isn’t there?Boy clothes having slogans like “little mischief maker” on whilst girls say “little princess” or some comedian making a sexist joke. It seems we’re not even allowed to like a good old fashioned Les Dawson Mother-in-law joke these days eh? But …
7th December 2022“God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” Psalm 46:1 Imagine you’re fleeing war. You’ve lost your home, you’re injured and enemy soldiers are hot on your tail. You’re hungry, cold, homeless and your life is in danger. Then suddenly, you lift your eyes to the horizon and see …
6th December 2022 My glory days are the late nineties. I left school in 1994 and life really began. My mate got a car; the pub next door to college didn’t care that we were underage; Oasis were topping the charts. and it felt like the sun was always shining. I wasn’t the only one …