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Stand By Me
Most people can and must come to life in their own way and time, and if we try to help them by hastening the process, we end up doing harm. […] When we understand that our efforts to help other … Continue reading
Posted in Reflect
Tagged Albert Camus, clarity, discernment, equality, friendship, help, Parker Palmer, process, trust, waiting
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Not Knowing
Sometimes it seems as if I’m walking on parallel paths, and that’s why I get so confused, trying to figure out where I am and who I am and where I want to go… Maybe it doesn’t have to be … Continue reading
Posted in Reflect
Tagged belonging, calling, clarity, creation, direction, discernment, faith, fear, freedom, PhD, prayer, search, understanding, vulnerability
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Equal
I’m so tired at the moment of how many men seem to have an ingrained sense of ‘natural superiority’ over women. I’m so tired of living near that, of living surrounded by people like that, in a society/world/neighbourhood like that. It’s … Continue reading
Keep At It
God who upsets and unsettles us, keep at it until all you set out to shake up has come to the surface, and all we would live better without has been sent over the edge – all that is revealed, all that remains unchanged, … Continue reading
That’s Alright…
Posted in Art
Tagged alright, beauty, clarity, confidence, difference, freedom, good news, Laura Mvula, music, music video, singer, song, strength, truth, video, woman
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What About Me?
If I want my life to be different – and I do – then I need to change the way I make decisions. That’s according to my most recent brainwave. The decisions we’re talking about here are those that concern … Continue reading
Posted in Reflect
Tagged abuse, belonging, blame, boundaries, change, clarity, co-dependency, decision, decision-making, distance, experience, family, father, forgiveness, fragile, freedom, fullness of life, God, healing, justice, love, mother, needs, obedience, parents, peace, self-denial, silence, strength, support, truth, unconditional, understanding
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On Being Unconventional IV
It has been the story of my life that the more I knew my own truth, the more I tried to live my truth faithfully, and the more open and trusting my relationship with God became – the less I … Continue reading
Posted in Reflect
Tagged anger, authority, belonging, calling, Christ, church, clarity, conditional, conventional, disappointment, discernment, disciple, discipleship, equality, experience, faith, fullness of life, God, good news, joy, love, openness, prayer, purpose, resurrection, self-worth, serve, service, trust, truth, unconditional, unconventional, vocation
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On Being Unconventional III
Let’s consider that, yes, I could go forward for selection to the priesthood. And if I tell the church that I accept its view on homosexuality, they’d be fine with that too. Thing is, I do not accept their position on … Continue reading
Posted in Reflect
Tagged calling, choice, church, Church of England, clarity, conditions, conventional, denial, discernment, exclusion, faith, fullness of life, Gene Robinson, God, heterosexism, homosexuality, hurt, hypocrisy, identity, inclusion, kingdom of God, love, priesthood, religion, same-sex, selection, serve, service, sexism, sexuality, trust, truth, unconditional, unconventional, vocation
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