Susie Leafe

So grateful for God's mercy, love being married to Dan, , novice sea-swimmer, ex-Geography teacher, trying to help faithful Anglicans via @AnglicanFutures

[Susie Leafe @sleafe97]

@MrAshCunningham Yep. Though not sure whether Matthew Mason counts as an artist but I really appreciated the talk he gave at the Anglican Futures conference a few years ago.

[Ollie Lansdowne @OllieLansdowne]

A general persuasion that thou art a sinner will neither so humble, nor bridle thy soul, as if the catalogue of thy sins examined severally be continually kept in mind.

— Hooker, Laws VI.iv

[Anglican Futures @AnglicanFutures]

Great to see people signing up for this free online Ideas Exchange with @lyndonjost about his book Transfiguring Headship. June 15th 2pm. https://t.co/kwZglQfwq6

[Susie Leafe @sleafe97]

@danitreweek Thank you for contending, Dani. The emotional burden of being open on X is often dismissed or given as a reason for why SM is 'bad' but it is real and thanks for teaching me it needs handling (like all relationships irl).

[Anglican Futures @AnglicanFutures]

Looking forward to discussing Transfiguring Headship with @lyndonjost on Monday 15th June. It's a game-changer! Sign up at https://t.co/vwLSztqZIO

[Susie Leafe @sleafe97]

Simple but true

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

If you want the survivor to grasp the faithfulness of God, then be faithful to them.

[Jonathan Servus @JonathanServus]

@EvangelicalsNow May I recommend also reading the article linked below? (To date @daneortlund appears to be entirely unrepentant)

[Anglican Futures @AnglicanFutures]

"It might, therefore, be concluded that on reflection some decided they had nothing for which to apologise, or that the issues were not as serious as they first determined. It is also possible that the silence is a mark of shame and fear."
https://t.co/EpGfu1Tpxt

[Susie Leafe @sleafe97]

@danitreweek makes a good point here.

[Danielle (Dani) Treweek @danitreweek]

We complementarians need to become more transparently comfortable with navigating exegetical and theological complexity if we are to become more transparently confident in our complementarian ministry practice.

[Carl Chambers 🇬🇧 💓 🇺🇦 @carlmchambers]

Some will say: “But I’m not Fletcher. I didn’t do anything”

& that’s the problem
We’ve had a culture where a prolific abuser has been lauded for decades

Surely we need a larger conversation lest other abuse continues
Cultural change is more than an occasional eloquent statement

[Susie Leafe @sleafe97]

@AndyByfield_22 Have often said we need GRACE in the UK.

[Anna Byfield @hoyleanna]

@DanLeafe1 Thank you Dan. You had shown us what clear teaching was like. It wasn’t flashy, you didn’t name drop, and you cared. Thanks for still doing that as we feel pretty lonely in all this.

[Dan Leafe @DanLeafe1]

"... the absolute destruction we felt at JF’s betrayal." That's heartbreaking. It makes me so cross at those who repeatedly minimised Jonathan Fletcher’s abuse because 'it wasn't as bad as' wasn't 'criminal', '...needed to be seen in context' etc when it was so 'destructive'.

[Anna Byfield @hoyleanna]

Seems right to repost this as it was the first time I heard a married couple articulate the absolute destruction we felt at JF’s betrayal.
Thank you again @matt_redman and Beth Redman for your bravery, truth and light.

[Dan Leafe @DanLeafe1]

So true. A brand new picture assembled from multiple parts taken from multiple sources for all of which 'wrongdoer' is then said to be entirely responsible. The same then used over and again to destroy a reputation and credibility.

[Dan Leafe @DanLeafe1]

@AndyByfield_22 To speak is difficult- once it's admitted that sacred cows are actually golden calves all control is lost & all things are up for grabs. To speak means admitting what's been hidden, bad judgements etc. That should be possible but too many 'leaders' don't have the emotional range

[Dan Leafe @DanLeafe1]

@hoyleanna @AndyByfield_22 How common it is in these circles to use a portentous-sounding word or phrase like 'misconstrued' to obfuscate the truth. 'Inappropriate', 'principled irregularity', etc

[Susie Leafe @sleafe97]

@AndyByfield_22 @DanLeafe1 Do they think they dealt with itvall in 2019/21?

[Anna Byfield @hoyleanna]

A passage from Bristol CU mission days (1996?). We may have taught it badly but we got the sentiment - we help the brokenhearted. We don’t ignore them.

He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,

[Susie Leafe @sleafe97]

Perhaps one of the 5,500 can let those leaders know of your courage and your example.

[Andy Byfield @AndyByfield_22]

This post has now been viewed five and a half thousand times. In three days.

That’s a lot of interested people.

Some of them will be the very ones who need to say sorry with me. Leaders/organisations who were in JF’s orbit.

There’ll never be a better time to speak than now.