While not condoning same-sex marriage, the Anglican Church in Ghana does not condone the criminalisation of the LGBTQ+ community. – Justin Welby, in his third statement on the matter in less than a month
Special guest Rachel Ambasing joins discuss Jesus’ conversation with Pontius Pilate from this coming Sunday’s gospel
“My help comes from the Lord,
creator of sunrises and sunsets
wild bears and lap dogs
cherry trees, dogwoods, and dandelions …”
“The Celts approached God with awe, reverence and wonder but also saw God as an essentially human figure intimately involved in all creation and engaged in a dynamic relationship with it. This interweaving of intimacy and mystery embraced the Trinity as a family and each family unit be it family, clan or tribe was seen as an icon of the Trinity.”
Joe explains why acupuncture is better than dentistry. Drew can‘t wait to tell everyone that he actually finished reading an article from The Atlantic. And they begin a BIG conversation about Jesus’ anti-resistance resistance movement.
We catch up on our All Hallows Eve celebrations, we talk church storage before getting into what the catechism has to say about Corporate Worship.
This week, it’s Luci and Jordan on the abolitionist and author, Harriet Beecher Stowe
“So I take a walk. I take a walk, and I notice how blustery and windy it has gotten while I have been huddling inside the house. My ears are cold; so is the tip of my nose. It is cloudy, but soon the sun breaks through, and bronze leaves swirl and leap in the street. I notice little patches of foliage still erupting green into the afternoon light.”
“The centerpiece of the 227th Convention is Resolution R-10a, which commits the Diocese to create a $10,000,000 fund for reparations to benefit Black, Indigenous, and peoples of color communities.” – email from the Diocese of Virginia
The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised for not speaking directly to the Ghanaian bishops before issuing his statement last month. Welby’s [new] statement leaves it unclear what position the Anglican leadership in Ghana will take as the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill progresses through the legislature. His quotation from Resolution 1.10 omits the fact that it rejected “homosexual practice as incompatible with scripture”, and could thus be cited in support of aspects of the Bill. – Church Times