This is the miserableness of at least part of our current society; that people just need to ‘be smarter and try harder’. It is the most uncaring attitude and it devalues people who do their best to be good citizens by working, sometimes in low paid jobs.
The @ChurchinWales, through its Governing Body, took a huge step forward today to affirm LGBTI+ people by authorizing a rite for blessing same-sex partnerships. I have three things on my heart this evening…
Stumbled into the Holy Sepulchre because prayer is a refuge in these days. Had one of those beautiful transfiguring moments as the Armenian singing infused the air along with the incense. From Golgotha, as rays shone down,was a reminder that God’s grace transforms pain into hope.
If I had £1 for every time someone described estates as tough places to do ministry .....
A point to note - we don’t want you to ‘do’ ministry ‘to’ us, so that’s probably why you’re finding it difficult 🤷🏽♀️
See Jesus for a better model 🌟
Theologian's thoughts on that #LineofDuty#LineofDutyFinale. First: I'm gutted not to have the big happy ending & I'll say later why it might not have hurt for Mercurio to give it to us... but of course... it does make sense. We have a world where there's no 'big bad' because 1/n
#Moses says this is Divine leadership: ‘hear out the small and the great alike’ it’d be great if churches actually operated like this #Deuteronomy1#MorningPrayer#cLectio
Waiting, hungry for justice: ‘My tears have been my bread day and night, while all day long they say to me, Where is now your God? Now when I think on these things, I pour out my soul’ #psalm42#advent2020#morningprayer
Prophet work by Rev. Mick Fleming and friends in Burnley.
Rich people are having parties in restaurants that are supposed to be closed whilst poor people are ripping open bags of crappy food. We need a revolution. #advent2020 Lord have mercy.https://t.co/xnRazFflxp
Corona the king - under whose rule the strong survive and the vulnerable perish, under whose rule those who have more are given even more and those who have little are made poor. I want a new boss, a better king #ChristTheKing