Following @MadsDavies amazing @ChurchTimes article, @TheologyScot have released their issue on autism and faith! I am truly blessed to see my article ‘Though the earth gives way’: An autoethnographic account of autistic grief. Among the essays published.
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Today I visited St Mary the Virgin church in Hope-under-Dinmore one of the 60 parishes that form the Leominster Youth Hub area.
I got very excited that the key was a "proper church key"
Do you know your sensory profile?
Each person has a sensory profile that is unique to them, including things they link and things that they don’t like or are sensitive to.
We have created resources for churches to explore topics like this: https://t.co/f9cwo8HNbY
Apposite words from Ecclesiastes 3 this morning in the face of Trump: ‘Again I saw all the oppressions that are practised under the sun. Look, the tears of the oppressed—with no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power—with no one to comfort them.’
📝 Language matters in inclusion! The Law Society's guidance on disability terminology in UK law shows the importance of respectful, precise language.
🔗 Read more: https://t.co/LOCtV4CQ88
Heard one of the best sermons of my life from Charmaine Howard this evening, alumna, tutor @NBLC1, local minister and tonight’s preacher of @RegentsOx.
I am left with such a wonderful gratitude for this series of women preachers in light of @ProjectViolet1.
#Together
Discipleship and chaplaincy - By Sarah Crane
Read here 👉 https://t.co/KkaClLVikw
It was only when applying for my first full time chaplaincy role I discovered the word ‘proselytization’... this [a] key difference between a church minister and a healthcare chaplain.
This year's Sam Sharpe lecture will be delivered by the Revd Dr Carlton Turner, who introduces his theme in this video 👉 https://t.co/XmsWXdJHj1
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Celebrating the launch of our incredible new book @ClaireWTheology are giving away a free copy! Like & share by 5pm Monday 26th Aug to be in with a chance to win
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@hedgehiggin@AKMA Exactly what I've written this morning!
"Autistic ministry is an alternative "way of being" based on a distinct ontology which is situated and experienced differently to the ministry of the neurotypical. It is a ministry where the minister administers the sacrament of autism"
A: I'm making temporary tattoos. How about "forgiveness, renewal, growth" as one?
me: what about just F.R.G.?
A: *Looks up FRG* Nope that's W Germany or a "functional renormalisation group".
me: What's that?
A: When you have 😅supervision after writing trauma theology. 😂