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Another year – glebe rd

Cultivate love, pursue integrity, practice gratitude, live courageously, commemorate properly. 5 years of reflections at the end of a year,…

ducks, grief, reflections, seasons, time

On belonging

“I go to some meetings and think ‘Thank goodness, there are many rooms in my Father’s house, because I don’t…

belonging, church, community, denominations, difference, otherness, reconciliation, unity

Relearning the sacred

“The church’s contribution has to consist… in its showing forth of a different myth – the truth of creation’s relation…

creation, environmental theology, grace, sacrament, sacred

A bit of Holy Folly

A lot of my work this year is geared towards COP26, the UN climate negotiations being held in Glasgow in…

COP26, deep time, Dorothy Day, holy folly, impact

100 Lessons for life

A bewildering third lockdown of continued working from home and separation from friends seemed reason enough to compile a list…

advice, life, reflections

Thoughts on 2020

This is my fifth (!) end of year post. As is now customary, this year has once again included a…

courage, gifts, redemption, reflections, thanksgiving

Behold, a new thing

One of the things which has been mentioned to me often by a particular generation of Christians, is an action…

advent, fruit of the spirit, longing, power, renewal, Spirit

2020: the year that wasn’t

When news came that Sheffield was entering into tier 3, nearly a month ago, I really struggled. I’ve been treating…

change, coronavirus, grief, loss, pandemic

Place.

Incarnation is a hope which is not escapist. I wonder how much of our hope winds up in forms of…

community, creation, hope, incarnation, place, resilience

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…

christian dating, church, consent, relationships, sex

“F*** that S***”

This week I watched a webinar organised by the Asian Theological Academy (ATA) and the Asian Forum of Theological Movements,…

anger, climate breakdown, climate change, climate crisis, climate justice, injustice, outrage, Tuvalu

summer twenty-twenty

The past couple of months have been a strange time of moving, running up hills, and thinking about another year…

photos, poem, reflection, rs thomas

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