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Sunday 24th March “Hey Molly, are you going to Simon’s party next week?” asked Mae.“Simon from the Christian Union?” replied Molly “I don’t know, it’s mainly CU people there and I’ve not really hung out with those guys much after the way they treated you”“But you’re invited right?” pressed Mae “Can you get me in?”Molly …
Sunday 3rd March, 2024 Jesus gave us a foolproof, timeless way to discern right from wrong. Instead of simply following a list of rules with no room for hard cases or shades of grey, that could never be completely fully comprehensive for all people at all times, Jesus taught us to be able to work …
Friday 29th December, 2024 Homophobia within the church doesn’t take a break for Christmas I notice. The Christian media has been full of stories of the Pope, desperately trying to slowly steer the Catholic Church towards Christlike inclusion by offering blessings to gay couples, whilst, like the Church of England, still stopping short of full …
Saturday 9th December, 2023Naomi is my friend, she’s 46 now. I remember being in our first year at sixth form college, free of school uniform we could now wear what we wanted to college, express ourselves however we liked, my other friend and I dyed our hair purple and wore hippy clothes, Naomi was always …
15th August 2022 Words of love.Words of wisdom of advice,Words of guidance, words that give life.PickedPluckedRemoved.StrippedSquashedDeformed.Twisted and mangled, torn and abusedFormed into bullets, made into pain.Against their willTheir beauty destroyedWords that give life falling from the mouths of those who seek deathInsults hurled, spirits crushed, hearts hardened.Death.
Tuesday 18th July, 2023 It finally seems to be happening. After all these long hard years of campaigning, suddenly the world seems to care about women’s safety. It’s an issue that’s finally being discussed and those on the political right seem to be at the forefront of demanding that women and girls have a right …
25th July 2022 Beautiful yet poisonousThey tangle themselves around their victim.Gently pulling them underDeeper into the darkness, beneath the earth.Lungs filled with sweetened soil,Eyes blinded with floral notesAs death blissfully creeps.Its softened barbs disguised as love.The warm embrace of unadulterated hate,Spoken softly as eloquent words of death
21st June 2023 It’s 2023, I can’t for the life of me work out why we’re still doing this but it seems we are so, here we go: And, as a bonus, an extra one for any men out there tempted to tell their sisters in Christ that they need to change what they’re wearing …
Friday 9th June 2023 Modesty/Purity culture is a terrible thing for a number of reasons. It is controlling, telling women what they can and can’t wear, where they can and can’t go, who they can be friends with, who they can talk to when, what they can do. This isn’t the freedom Christ came to …
17th June 2022 A pastor in `Texas has sparked outrage recently by saying gay people should be lined up and shot in the back of the head. Reading the commentary on this on the internet I noted how quick those who believe that being gay is sinful were to distance themselves from this guy, with …