When news came that Sheffield was entering into tier 3, nearly a month ago, I really struggled. I’ve been treating this year as a ‘blip’, a crisis to come back from, believing an end has […]
Author: Rachel
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Incarnation is a hope which is not escapist. I wonder how much of our hope winds up in forms of escapism. This has partly been on my mind with the restrictions of this year. My […]
A Sexually Literate Church
Every church I’ve been a part of over the past few years has always allocated some teaching time within the year to some sort of ‘relationship’ series. The headline of ‘no sex outside of marriage’ […]
“F*** that S***”
This week I watched a webinar organised by the Asian Theological Academy (ATA) and the Asian Forum of Theological Movements, titled ‘I Can’t Breathe: Why We Can’t Hear The Cries And What To Do About […]
summer twenty-twenty
The past couple of months have been a strange time of moving, running up hills, and thinking about another year in Sheffield which looks really quite different to what might have been expected. I am […]
Where there is no vision
Where there is no vision, the people perish. This proverb was quoted by Claire Perry, the ex-COP President fired at the beginning of 2020, in her resignation letter. I have thought of this often in […]
“I saw you looking at me”
Before responding to every post, but this post especially, ask yourself if your response is kind. Sexual harassment can happen to anyone, though it has gendered and racial dimensions. Only the gendered dimension is (implicitly) […]
A first year in Sheffield
I don’t imagine I’m old enough to say that I’m getting used to the years going by. Nevertheless, another year has slipped past and I am reluctant to see it go, blessed as I am […]
The Three Graces of Chronic Not-Wellness
Originally posted on underwhosewings:
Around a year ago, I began a Quest. Admittedly, it was not as exciting as the Chaucerian or Middle-Earth variety, but it was still a long journey that I would, in…
the things dreams are
As far as word association goes, ‘future’ is to ‘dream’ as ‘past’ is to ‘memory’. Dreaming is superfluous, maybe indulgent. In any case, it’s uncomfortable. In another episode of word association, ‘illusory’ is to ‘dream’ […]
The bread is enough.
Perhaps the thing I’ve missed most of all in lockdown is church in person. I deeply miss the physicality of being with others to worship, and have struggled with the distance which makes me feel […]
we are the perpetrators
Lord, We are afraid to admit culpability because we are worried we will be held accountable. We are afraid to repent because we are worried we will have to change. When we read scripture, we […]
