I don’t write with an audience in mind for this blog. It is just my musings in a public space. I am not a Theologian, so I hope I can do justice to the work discussed. I have written elsewhere on the blog that I am angry with the church during the pandemic. My faith […]
Category Archives: Theology
August
23
So I trust, too
posted by plasticdollheads
My friend Ros sent me the verse above during a difficult time. I come back to it frequently. I have made no secret that I have found myself politically homeless during the pandemic, and have been disappointed and disgusted with an organized left who have no acknowledgement of competing harms. Privileged middle class academics who […]
August
20
Death, Sociology and the People
posted by plasticdollheads
I am currently on week 3 of my month-long annual leave. I have fallen into a comforting pattern of lay-ins (I usually get up at 5am) long walks with the dogs, yoga, time with my husband, friends and family. I work all year looking forward to this summer break, and this slowness is what I […]
August
01
Let Go, and Let God
posted by plasticdollheads
Today is the 1st of August. It is Lammas or Lammastide, a day celebrated by Pagans and Christians. It is the first wheat harvest and we praise God and/or the land for the bread that nurtures us. For Pagans the emphasis is on death and rebirth, the cycle of life. The richness of the ground […]
February
22
Reconciliation and Lent
posted by plasticdollheads
Two years ago on my blog I wrote the following: “Lent is a slow turning ourselves towards God. It is the season of Lent; a reckoning of how we see the world afresh through the lens of the cross“. It came after 2 crown court trials in a year and the worst time of my life. I […]
January
03
‘Sex for rent’ and ‘anti trafficking’
posted by plasticdollheads
*This image depicts candles I lit to commemorate International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers 2020. May you rest in power*. Globally sex workers are under attack. During a global pandemic which has disproportionately harmed and killed the poorest and most marginalized in our societies, people are advocating to further attack the incomes of […]
December
27
Living in faith
posted by plasticdollheads
“If you were put on trial for being a Christian, would there be enough evidence to convict you”? Reading over old blogs for inspiration and this quote hit me hard. Today is the Feast of Saint John the Evangelist and I attended church for the first time in what seems like forever. The pandemic has […]
August
25
Spiritual Nourishment
posted by plasticdollheads
This photo was taken on a beautiful day which I blog about here. It seems like a lifetime ago now, before the pandemic that has changed our lives beyond recognition. This picture speaks of joy, of togetherness, of spiritual nourishment, of quality time with my mum, a circle of strong women who uplift one […]
February
02
Prisons and Theology
posted by plasticdollheads
Today is the final day of Christmas, it’s Candlemas. Now we head towards Easter and if you are a Christian, the cross. Yesterday I blogged about space and emotions. Today Rev Richard Ormond (highly recommend you give him a follow) tweeted the following link. “There’s something very powerful about our sense of place. […]
January
14
Self care is a radical act
posted by plasticdollheads
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” —Audre Lorde I have used this Lorde quotation before and it is resonating more than ever. One day I will share more of my story with you, wax drippings onto scorched paper, but for now I must […]
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