@PreachMagazine@JillLCDuff@SPCKPublishing a joy to talk about Lighting the Beacons and filling your boots with God. Loved the crocheted Catherine of Siena. Forgot to ask about the pet snake. 😂
Join Rt Rev Dr Bishop Jill Duff - the thirteenth woman ordained as a bishop in the Church of England - as she discusses Spirit-led preaching, women in ministry and her first book, Lighting the Beacons.
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@TaraLeighCobble@TheBibleRecap thanks for your clarification that OT slavery was more like debtorship agreements (Feb R&C) but how then do we account for Lev 25.44-46 which allows people to buy foreign slaves for life and to bequeath them as property?
⚠️ If only we could hang a sign around our necks when we need people to stay away. We could recover from the hard places & be restored after a dry spell runs long.
🌸 Grateful the Creator can work through any circumstance & still bring us back to the promise of spring.
@PreachMagazine Deeply moved by @HelenEPaynter thoughts on psalm 55 and her likening of the betrayal suffered by the psalmist to the trauma suffered in domestic abuse - where home becomes the place of harm. A call to prayer.
@naydawson Thanks for your courage in speaking up @naydawson. I’ve noticed that the blog has been pulled, but whether or not these views are publicly articulated, the sorrow is they’re out there.
Spending time reading a novel aloud to an 8 & 10 yr old reminded me that one of the greatest gifts we can give this #advent is to be fully present to others. In giving time to my #littlefriends, I was the one who came away richer. Presence, not just presents.
Tomorrow Iranian women will shake the clerical regime by removing their hijab and taking to the streets across Iran to say #No2Hijab. This is called Women Revolution.
In iran #WalkingUnveiled is a crime.
Iranian men will also join us.
#حجاب_بی_حجاب
@_JohnStevens will be even harsher than Priti Patel’s.
How is the church to respond? Also, how do ordinary Christians speak out against far-reaching laws which are not just morally unjust but also deeply unbiblical?
@_JohnStevens the planned corporation tax hike and scrapping the cap on bankers’ bonuses. At the same time, the government has not yet clarified whether it will increase benefits in line with inflation. And there is media speculation that Suella Braverman’s treatment of refugees (4)