Will society as we know it survive the 21st Century? Human civilisation is an intensely fragile construction. It is built on little more than belief: belief in the rightness of its values; belief in the strength of its system of law and order; belief in its currency; above all, perhaps, belief in its future. Uncivilization: The …
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‘They are making people worse’: The scandal of imprisoning patients with autism
This: From i newspaper 12th July 2020 on how auristc young adults are being mistreared in the UK. Ryan was 17 when he entered the mental health system - now 31, he is in solitary confinement in a forensic hospital, held along violent criminals Source: 'They are making people worse': The scandal of imprisoning patients …
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Disney Princess theology — Psalm 125
Life is a roller-coaster White Christianity suffers from a bad case of Disney Princess theology. As each individual reads Scripture they see themselves as the princess in every story. They are Esther, never Xerxes or Haman. They are Peter, but never Judas. They are the woman anointing Jesus, never the Pharisees. They are the Jews …
Worship and Being Autistic
I loved this.
It’s about Easter, but relevant to being autistic in church all year round,
Wow-Yesterday was Easter. Until this year, arguably one of the most heavily packed church seasons. A day that typically, any autistic would be super nervous about since 1) there is an overload of sensory stimulants from increased volume of people, food (honestly things that smell horrible) and energies; 2) it is hard to read people on what their doing because it is a holiday and neurotypical people like to communicate differently on these type of days and 3) did I mention the sensory stuff? Did I? OK-just checking.
As my previous blog discussed, my son colored in my Bible. And part of our discussion came up about what we worship. We determined that while the Bible is sacred and holy, we do not worship it, the paper that it is on or the people who wrote it. We are called to worship God. And it got me thinking– what would…
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Listening and Anger – Deconstructing Church
I read this yesterday and recommend it to you. -oOo- Those Angry Birds get a bad rap, I suspect you’d be angry too if a Piggy stole your eggs! Be less angry. Calm down. Take a chill pill. Don’t deal with this from a place of anger. People… Source: Listening and Anger – Deconstructing Church
Courage, three times over
"Somebody has to preach God in this Hell" Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 14th June 2020 The east window at Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, lower panel. Unexpected news this week. We are used to hearing about churches closing, but, thanks to my cousin John posting on Facebook I learned that in Mirfield, where I grew …
“I can’t breathe” and the Fires of Pentecost | The Millennial Pastor
I saw this and I am reblogging it as this is a good Christian response to what has become a worldwide protest “I can’t breathe” If you have been paying attention to the news at all this week, you will know that this is a quote from George Floyd. George Floyd was killed by a …
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Jesus and Anger – Deconstructing Church
I am reblogging this as it shows what can happen when a few words said in passing turn into a short conversation and are used by God and also because I love the t-shirt. I’ve never been one for selfies but this one was too good to miss! Yesterday I had a conversation with …
Relationship with the Holy Spirit – like a promise
Glimpses of the Holy Spirit The promise of the Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is the power of God. That is something to remember when there seems to be an emphasis on the gentleness of the Holy Spirit. That's fine. The Holy Spirit respects our God-given free will. In last Friday's blog post I spoke …
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Jesus calling me by name.
The voice of Jesus Holy Trinity Church, Huddersfield, Sunday 26th April 2020 This was not the Sunday we had planned. Instead of an extended weekend in Belfast around our wedding anniversary, we have isolation in Huddersfield. Instead of this being a report of a church we have never attended before, it is a report of …
Making an ass of myself 