This International Women’s Day, God Is a Woman reminds us how women’s leadership has been erased, misrepresented, and silenced - from Mary Magdalene to today. Luisa Omielan’s fearless, laugh-out-loud show celebrates female authority, questions inherited patriarchy, and calls the Church, and all of us, to notice what we have overlooked for too long, inviting us to rewrite herstory.
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Loved and Home
Hope Scrolling 21 of 40 Loved and Home By Esther Day #40DaysofHope #TheBrokenChurch #HopeScrolling
Hope in Dark Times
Hope Scrolling 9 of 40 Hope in Dark Times By Hannah Land #40DaysofHope #TheBrokenChurch #HopeScrolling
So, We Travel in Hope
Hope Scrolling 8 of 40 So, We Travel in Hope By Simon Jones #40DaysofHope #TheBrokenChurch #HopeScrolling
Letting Go of Hope
Hope Scrolling 7 of 40 Letting go of Hope By Ruth Gouldbourne #40DaysofHope #TheBrokenChurch #HopeScrolling
My Sheep Hear My Voice
As a family we do enjoy a visit to a farm. My daughter’s favourite animals are the pigs and, at our local farm, the owls. I’m a fan of pygmy goats, they are bouncy and fun with a lower risk of harm than full sized goats. It’s always particularly enjoyable to visit a farm in … Continue reading My Sheep Hear My Voice
God’s Gift of Self
Four Way Faith Part Three - Out: God's Gift of Neighbours. We must follow Jesus’ example with Zacchaeus to accept the hospitality of those who different from ourselves, who others look down upon and speak ill of, even those who cause harm to others. Through accepting the gift of others we break down barriers and our lives, others lives and the kingdom of God benefit. When new people move into the houses, streets and towns around us (even our churches) it can be tempting to complain about change, to reflect on the way things used to be, or the people we used to see. Our challenge as Christian’s is to have the view of seeing the outsiders, the others, our neighbours as gifts, welcoming and accepting the gift they are and the gifts they bring.
Our Obligations to Our Neighbours
Four Way Faith Part Four - Out: Our Obligations to Our Neighbours. When someone cries out “I can’t breathe” we are called to listen, to learn and to be the ones who play our part in bringing freedom and life where there is suffocation and death. This applies across race, gender, age, sex, disability, martial or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity. We must stand alongside those whose voice gets shut out and until justice rolls down like water and righteousness life an ever-flowing stream (Amos 5:24) we must not stay silent because there can be no peace where there is no justice.
God’s Gift of Neighbours
Four Way Faith Part Three - Out: God's Gift of Neighbours. We must follow Jesus’ example with Zacchaeus to accept the hospitality of those who different from ourselves, who others look down upon and speak ill of, even those who cause harm to others. Through accepting the gift of others we break down barriers and our lives, others lives and the kingdom of God benefit. When new people move into the houses, streets and towns around us (even our churches) it can be tempting to complain about change, to reflect on the way things used to be, or the people we used to see. Our challenge as Christian’s is to have the view of seeing the outsiders, the others, our neighbours as gifts, welcoming and accepting the gift they are and the gifts they bring.
Our Obligations to Creation
As Christ is revealed in us and so we revealed as the children of God for whom creation awaits with eager longing. As Christians, as followers and believers in Jesus and his Way, filled with God’s Spirit and seeking to glorify the Father we must have a mindset such as that described by Stan Rushworth, thinking about “obligations to serve past, present, and future generations, and the planet herself.” In serving the planet we serve ourselves, our neighbours and our God for all are interconnected.
The Broken Church 