David Emmott starts his new blog Campaign for Fair Rants with Becoming human.
David Walker writes for The Guardian The church has no choice but to act when faced with the reality of poverty.
Graham Kings writes for Fulcrum Life, Justice and Peace through Mission and Dialogue.
Ted Olsen writes for Christianity Today The Bible in the Original Geek: Inside the world of the new Bible coders—and how they will change the way you think about Scripture.
Richard Fidler of ABC has been in conversion with Diarmaid MacCulloch.
Jody Stowell asks Why are we so afraid of women bishops?
If God is love, then can God also be love, heat and passion? – Part 3 of the George Herbert series by Miranda Threlfall-Holmes in The Guardian.
Giles Fraser writes in The Guardian Secular Lent is a pale imitation of the real thing. I’ll have nothing to do with it.
Ugh, these new tax rules about church organists seem like they may be a pain in the buttinsky in terms of paperwork: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/letters/10671562/The-needless-bureaucracy-affecting-church-organists.html
And isn’t it great to read the piece from Jody Stowell, once a Fulcrumite, who read the graffiti and moved on.
Great piece Jody!
Bile and prejudice dressed as theology!
It just wont do anymore to tell us
“The largest part of the leadership of the Christian Community is riddled with visceral bigotry, so we are with them!” Or words to that effect.
It no longer holds any credit.
I am sure Jody Stowell is quite correct in her assertions in relation to the ordination of women, and especially to the episcopate. The process of coming to the view that such ordinations are first possible, and second highly desirable is indeed likely to shake the world-views of those who have taken the position that was almost universally held about 50 years ago. I wonder if she would agree that her arguments apply equally to the acceptance of GLBT people as being made in the image of God, and therefore expressions of God-given diversity. I have long wondered (as have… Read more »
Edward Prebble, I don’t know her exact views, but Jody Stowell did resign from Fulcrum over the line they took on LGBT people. I have no time for fence-sitters, but that resignation took a lot of guts, and looks more indicative of someone wrestling with the issue. I’d say she deserves a pass until she comes down on one side or another. As for why gender and sexuality are treated differently, it’s simple enough: sexism still carries more cost than homophobia; & some men have an instinctive disgust at (male) homosexuality. Christianity gives them license to dress that disgust up… Read more »
Jody Stowell writes: ‘From the pool of people against women’s ordination, there were different responses to the women present. Some were able to have polite, even warm conversation with me. On the other hand there was a little posse of people who, quite literally, couldn’t bear to share air space with me, it seemed. It was all they could do to answer questions that I asked them in an effort to start a conversation. So I have come to the conclusion that this is not about theology: it’s pathology, it’s psychology….and it is just damn rude….but it is NOT theology.’… Read more »