Kara Cooper

Challenging the systems, seeking to live and love radically and relentlessly. Feminist, Christian, maverick, dog-lover, lefty hippie. All views my own.

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

I think we fed 200 hundred students about 400 #pancakes. I also think I might be broken.

[Lancaster University Chaplaincy @LUChaplaincy]

Love is so much more than confetti and chocolates. To any who feel lonely or disconnected or unseen, please know that You Are Extraordinary. To those who might wish their circumstances were different, You Are Seen. And to all, You. Are. Loved. Just exactly the way you are.

[Lancaster University Chaplaincy @LUChaplaincy]

If you have at all been affected by the news out of #Turkey & #Syria today, please do reach out and speak to someone. Chaplains are available, and you can reach us by emailing [email protected]. Sending love out to the world and those who are devastated by these events.

[Lancaster University Chaplaincy @LUChaplaincy]

It's new term, and soup lunch is back in the Chaplaincy! See you at 1230 tomorrow for a bowl of vegan goodness. #lovelancaster

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

@_erica_lewis @LizziCollinge So maybe there's some work to be done around what meaningful relationship looks like for ND. Because I observe ND people who have valued & important relationships in their lives. So what can we learn from that to apply to leadership models? Or indeed to understanding faith.

[Michael Frost @michaelfrost6]

When male pastors call on us to recover something called “biblical manhood” I suspect they're not thinking of the silent, loyal Joseph submitting himself humbly to his wife’s God-given calling.

[Image by Matt Chinworth]

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

@_erica_lewis @LizziCollinge me and some of the autistic practicing people of faith whom I know. God will not be put in a box, nor can neuro-diverse people be described as one homogenous group. Bah, humbug.

And also....clearly I had things to say about this. Grrrr. 5/5

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

@_erica_lewis @LizziCollinge nurturing. Further, to assume that the capacity of the Divine is limited by the usual means of neuro-typical engagement is, quite frankly, an insult to any god worthy of the name. I'd be happy to invite the author of the paper to a conversation with 4/?

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

@_erica_lewis @LizziCollinge as best observed in children with profoundly autistic needs. In fact, in my lived experience, I have observed those with autism to connect deeply with spiritual practices. For some, the rituals of some expressions of faith are both grounding and 3/?

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

@_erica_lewis @LizziCollinge is to short change both the neuro-diverse community as well as the Divine. I agree that God is relational, but surely there are as many ways of relating as there are people. And surely, folks with an autism diagnosis have life-giving and sustaining relationships, ... 2/?

[Lancaster University Chaplaincy @LUChaplaincy]

The end of Welcome Week and the start of teaching. Time to take time to meet with God and like-minded people. Everyone of any denomination welcome for Reflections: Church and Chat tonight in the Chaplaincy Centre, 7pm. #welcomeweek #church #lovelancaster

[Lancaster University Chaplaincy @LUChaplaincy]

Take time to breathe. A moment of calm in a mad Welcome Week @LancasterUni. #Mindfulness meditation today in the Chaplaincy Centre at 1.15pm. Everyone welcome, no experience necessary. Find your chill. #welcomeweek #lovelancaster

[Lancaster University Chaplaincy @LUChaplaincy]

Does the jam or the cream go on first? It's one of life's big questions. Come help us solve the debate with a traditional cream tea this afternoon, 3.30. #lovelancaster #welcomeweek #hospitality

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

@HJAllison @GreggsOfficial @LancasterUni How is that even possible?!?

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

In my defence, those who were turned away did turn up an hour late. And they still got cake. So, still a win!

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

30 students/staff praying together, learning from one another. Surely a foretaste of the kingdom. 75-80 students sharing food. Definitely a foretaste of the kingdom. BUT...
now TWICE IN ONE WEEK have I undercatered. WHAT IS GOING ON? My heritage of hospitality might disown me.

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

@Cath_Fletcher_ That was ONE TIME! 😂

[Kara Cooper @ChaplainKara]

New experience today. I think I *under*catered for a food event. Huh. #welcomeweek #lovelancaster

[Lancaster University Chaplaincy @LUChaplaincy]

Multi-faith prayers followed by a free dinner! We may not all believe the same but we can stand in solidarity with one another. 5.30 in the Chaplaincy Foyer for prayers from different traditions. Followed at 6.15 by free food. Everyone welcome of any faith or none. #welcomeweek