Rob Grayson

Dependent on grace and trying to make sense of life with God in this world of mystery, beauty and pain. And blogging about it.

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@FatFace As I said, the nearest @FatFace store is miles away from me. Under the CRA, I believe I'm entitled to a refund without undue hassle. Surely you can provide a return label or make a direct refund based on my receipt? I'm a big FF fan and hope I'm not going to be disappointed here.

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I bought these slippers from @FatFace in December. At £45, they're the most expensive slippers I've ever bought. After two months of light wear, a seam has come unstitched in the same place on both slippers. @FatFace, do you consider this acceptable?

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@RussellHobbsUK I bought a Russell Hobbs Classic Glass Kettle just before Christmas 2024. This morning, after just 14 months, it suddenly stopped working. Is this what we should now expect from Russell Hobbs appliances?

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@LewdleOfficial Help! I’m stuck in ghost mode (6 letters) and can’t turn it off, even after uninstalling/reibstalling the app.

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NEW BLOG POST – Book review: Signs of Change by Anthony Bartlett

"Bartlett’s basic contention is that shifting human culture away from its violent roots […] required a deep and prolonged work of semiotic reprogramming"

https://t.co/haJjgBzMvj

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@FreedomVisionUK I've been trying to contact your Solihull hospital for several days. Voicemail every time, and no call back after I left a message. What on earth do I have to do to speak to someone?

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Please read my short blog post for Good Friday: Crucify him!

https://t.co/Fm12SymENJ

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Since I've already re-shared one DBH quote this week, I may as well go the whole hog and make it a twofer:

"I believe the idea of a hell of eternal torment to be unscriptural, logically incoherent, depraved, psychologically destructive, and morally corrosive. And I believe …

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God Is Present in All

In keeping with his Franciscan tradition, Father Richard teaches that we can find God’s freely given image in all of creation, beginning with ourselves!

"The purpose of prayer and religious seeking is to see the truth about Reality, to see what is. A…

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A re-share from Capon on why sin is to be taken seriously:

“I myself take sin very seriously. As far as I’m concerned, it’s what messes up my life, so anything I can do to resist it will make me, and those around me, a lot happier than we presently are. However, as far as G…

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God as Fierce Love

Like many of us, CAC friend Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis has struggled with both the possibility and the pain-points of religion. Healthy religion unites but toxic religion uses God to create more separation and hurt in the world:

"Before I made my living talk…

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Facebook memories reminded me of these beautiful words I shared last year from my friend Josh Clayton. They're so good I decided to share them again :)

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Henry David Thoreau once said, "The perception of beauty is a moral test."

There is a philosophy teacher …

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God Is beyond Gender

Virtually all Christians are taught to call God “Father,” as Jesus did himself. Yet Richard understands the need for both masculine and feminine images of God. He writes:

"I must invite us all to reclaim and honor female wisdom, which is often qualita…

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The incomparable DBH:

"To see the world as it should be seen, and to see the true glory of God reflected in it requires the cultivation of charity, of an eye rendered limpid by love...[T]he Christian should see two realities at once, one world (as it were) within another: o…

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The Old Testament contains an awful lot of violent killing bracketed by "God told me to".

Then along comes Jesus and says, "Love your enemies; pray for those who persecute you".

How you deal with this apparent dichotomy goes to the heart of your theology of God.

[Reposted…

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What Kind of God Do We Believe In?

Author and Benedictine sister Joan Chittister catalogs how some of the most common images of God influence our behavior and reminds us that we can choose more helpful and loving images:

"In the long light of human history, then, it is no…

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On why care is needed when seeking to discern truth in the Hebrew Bible:

"Which set of texts is right? Do people get what's coming to them, as books like Deuteronomy emphasize? Or do the righteous suffer while the wicked prosper, as many other texts suggest?

The Bible doe…

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Finding Ourselves in God

Father Richard reminds us that we are created in the image and likeness of God, which offers us a solid foundation from which we can operate in the world:

"The biblical creation story says, “Let us make humans in our image” (Genesis 1:26). The plu…

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Creating God in Our Own Image

The Advent season begins with Scriptures that focus on the “second coming” of Christ. At times, this has been presented as a frightening event, exacerbated by the negative images of God which many Christians hold. Father Richard writes:

"Your…