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On Easter Saturday I shared a post about the women at the tomb who were the first to preach the good news of the risen Christ. I noted that the disciples’ initial reaction to them was disbelief and pointed out that 2000 years later some Christian men are still refusing to listen to women who …
I found myself wondering, briefly, yesterday, whether I really believe that Jesus rose from the dead. If I’m honest, when asked whether I believe in a literal, bodily resurrection, the truth is, I don’t know. I realised though that it doesn’t matter. I believe in resurrection. I believe in everything Easter means, everything it means …
Longtime readers will by now know that I have a self-acknowledged “rebellious streak”I don’t think it’s a bad thing, as Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich said: “Well behaved women seldom make history.” This International Women’s Day I’ve been thinking about all the disobedient and rebellious women who challenged unjust male authority in the bible: …
While shepherds watched their flocks by night, all seated on the ground, an angel of the Lord came down, and glory shone around. “Fear not,” said he for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind “glad tidings of great joy I bring to you and all mankind. They’re so frightened by Glory. It makes me …
In the last decade I’ve been busily de-constructing. Regular readers of my blog will know that as each year passes another core doctrine I held onto tightly is examined, turned over, and often discarded. We’ve discussed atonement, salvation, hell, repentance: what it all means really, I no longer believe in a literal hell, or that …
Have you ever felt like you’re not good enough? Not good enough to do your job?Not good enough for your friends? Not good enough for your partner?Not good enough for your church? Not a good enough Christian?Not good enough for God? Well I’m here to tell you that’s not how God sees you. There are …
I’ve known God for around forty years now, but can anyone ever really know God?God is unfathomable, in many ways unknowable, at least by humanity, at least as we are now. In this life we’re all just trying to figure God out as best we can, to know God as best we can. But God …
In 2013 I suddenly found myself on the margins of my faith. Prior to this I’d been your average “conservative, evangelical Christian woman”: married, three kids, husband I submitted to, Church on Sunday morning, back home to mow the lawn of our nice suburban semi-detached house in the afternoon. Midweek my husband and I would …
“A major problem in evangelicalism is that the question is never asked ‘does this theology cause harm?’ but rather they ask ‘is it true?’ Once an evangelical has determined a belief to be ‘true’ harm caused is irrelevant and can be blamed on moral shortcomings of the victim rather than blamed on the harmful theology …
I was always a fan of romance, when I was seven I demanded my “boyfriend” rescue me from the top of a hill I had run up- shouting “save me Colin, I’m a damsel in distress.” When I was seventeen I was thrilled to have a boyfriend who was a musician, because he could serenade …