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Tag Archives: Bible
So, what was the point of all that?
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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Tagged Bible, bishops, Book of Common Prayer, canon law, Diocesan Synod, General Synod, marriage, prayer, preaching, St Paul, tradition, women priests
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One sex, two sexes, and Christians
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
Posted in Church of England and gender
Tagged Adrian Thatcher, Bible, binaries, Hesiod, Hippocrates, intersex, one-sex body, Pandora, Thomas Laqueur, transgender, women priests
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Pausanias and Agathon: a ‘same sex relationship’?
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
Posted in Church of England and gender, Shared Conversations
Tagged ancient Greeks, Aristophanes, beard, Bible, EGGS, evangelical, history, kiss, love, Plato, soul, Symposium, Thinking Anglicans
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Come and have breakfast
In the debates over the place of same-sex people in the church, I’m a chicken. Continue reading
Luggage and baggage
What to pack for the Shared Conversations? Continue reading
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Tagged ancient Greek, Bible, General Synod, God, identity, retreat, Rev, Shared Conversations
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Sex and power in the spotlight
People lie to themselves and the church about their abstinence from sex. They become accustomed to not telling the truth. Continue reading
Bishops, for beginners: on diversity and change
Is it about what we believe, or what we do? Why can you pick a bishop to match some of your views, but not others? Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, bishop, Divorce, parishes, same-sex marriage, Shared Conversations, women bishops, women priests
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Walking the road
‘You know what, the thing that breaks my heart is that there’s no way I can answer it without hurting someone on either side.’ Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Brian McLaren, evangelicals, experience, marriage, Shared Conversations, synod, universalism
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And so it begins
… unless we know the person with whom we disagree, how can there ever be real respect for their position? Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, Christ, disability, General Synod, marriage, preaching, Shared Conversations, sin, the Bible says, Word of God
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Waiting for GAFCON
It’s been a strange week, waiting to see whether the GAFCON churches would walk out of the Primates’ meeting, listening to the media herald this as the end of the Anglican Communion, wondering what a world without the Anglican Communion … Continue reading
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