RENEWED HOPE FOR EQUALITY IN THE CHURCH AT EASTER . . Easter Sunday is a time of hope and renewal - the resurrection of Christ, reminding us that we have a chance to renew our perspectives and review our intentions for the year ahead. . For some people Easter...
Since the vote against women bishops in 2012, people have been working hard to heal the conflict and bring people together despite different views. At first I was apprehensive about the process, but it has been heartening, though it is not over yet. . I was brought up...
_Lord Christ, pour you spirit into my heart._ _Heal the wounds that are there,_ _That I may be a healer for others._ . By Terry Waite . This prayer came back to me last year when I heard that Terry Waite was planning to go to Beirut and meet Hezbollah after having...
_Lord, I live, yet no true life I know,_ _And, living thus expectantly,_ _I die because I do not die._ . Taken from a poem by St Teresa of Avila . In the preparations for Palm Sunday, alone or in a group, I have found this to be a great support for welcoming Christ...
I am Ground of thy beseeching: first it is my will that thou have it; and after, I make thee to will it; and after, I make thee to beseech it and thou beseechest it. How should it then be that thou shouldst not have thy beseeching. . Julian of Norwich (1342-1416)...
Lord God,.. give me, Thy handmaid, a teachable heart, so that I may know what is acceptable in Thy sight; send from heaven the Spirit of Thy wisdom and rule my heart with its guidance, Amen. (Elizabeth Collected Works, Ed: Marcus, Mueller, Rose, University of Chicago...
Throughout Holy Week the presence of Mary Magdalene, drawn from all four gospels, guides me as she is near Jesus while he walks the Via Dolorosa. I am with her as she stands with the other women at the foot of the cross, hears his last words, watches Joseph of...
In a meeting I attended last week with women clergy from around the London area, it was marked how, after Synod voted against women Bishops, many Priests have been contacted by 'cultural Christians' who have hitherto attended weddings, christenings and funerals,...
'I'm still proud of our history in the women's ministry': Marie-Elsa Bragg on how it feels to be stuck in the middle of the bishops debate By Reverend Marie-elsa Bragg . Published: 22:00, 24 November 2012 | Updated: 15:09, 25 November 2012 . . Photo: Smiling in...