Tag Archives: Bible

Clouds without rain: trying to explore fear

Posted on June 21, 2022 by fluff35

So here’s a question for conservatives in the CofE. What do you fear? I don’t see anyone wanting to force you to marry people or bless them if it’s against your conscience. As with divorced people. So what do you … Continue reading →

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Being winsome

Posted on September 9, 2021 by fluff35

What do Christians mean when they use the word ‘winsome’? And is it as sweet and innocent as the word may suggest? Continue reading →

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Men as the Brides of Christ?

Posted on December 15, 2018 by fluff35

Queer theology and how men have read the Song of Songs, courtesy of Stephen Moore Continue reading →

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Love that dares to speak: a study course

Posted on September 3, 2018 by fluff35

There has been some discussion on social media about a new 5-session course, Love that dares to speak, written by Hilary Brand ‘exploring Christian reactions to homosexuality’. I’ve co-led many small group courses – various Emmaus ones and a Pilgrim one – in … Continue reading →

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Pandora: the Greek Eve?

Posted on May 4, 2018 by fluff35

(John William Waterhouse, Pandora, 1896) I think this is the first time I’ve posted the same piece on two of my blogs, but the topic seems relevant to both, so here we go; this, like many of the pieces on … Continue reading →

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The Episcopal Teaching Document

Posted on November 22, 2017 by fluff35

Talking about sexuality in the Church of England… the next stage after Shared Conversations Continue reading →

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So, what was the point of all that?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by fluff35

Last week the House of Bishops published GS2055 Marriage and Same Sex Relationships after the Shared Conversations. I immediately read it through twice, once to see what they were proposing to change – answer, nothing – and again to see … Continue reading →

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One sex, two sexes, and Christians

Posted on August 31, 2016 by fluff35

The wonderful Twitter just drew my attention to this article I’d missed on the OUP blog when it was published in July: ‘The influence of premodern theories about sex and gender’ by Adrian Thatcher. Thatcher asks great questions about why … Continue reading →

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Pausanias and Agathon: a ‘same sex relationship’?

Posted on July 4, 2016 by fluff35

Thinking Anglicans notes that the Evangelical Group of the General Synod, EGGS, has issued this briefing document to its members and friends ahead of General Synod’s shared conversations, scheduled to start on 10 July. The document proposes that “The ideas/opinions/statements expressed (in bold) are amongst those … Continue reading →

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Come and have breakfast

Posted on March 8, 2016 by fluff35

In the debates over the place of same-sex people in the church, I’m a chicken. Continue reading →

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