I am forever indebted to the wisdom of trees. I wrote a Theology post here about God being in the rubble, and the comfort of Lammas. I have always loved trees, nature, the outdoors. It is my place of thinking and reflecting and stillness. The worst part of the pandemic response for my mental health […]
Tag Archives: jesus
September
12
God is in the rubble
posted by plasticdollheads
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 […]
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. […]
September
01
Humility and Hospitality
posted by plasticdollheads
Today my research on organized crime groups was quoted in the Liverpool Echo. And this morning in church our gospel reading was Luke 14. 1, 7-14 which was brilliantly apt and spoke to me about so much. It is a part of the gospel of St. Luke where we are really getting into […]
August
18
Sex Workers and Faith
posted by plasticdollheads
As a Visiting Research Fellow at the Centre for Religion and Public Life at the University of Leeds, I will be exploring the relationships between sex workers and faith, and indeed fundamentalist christian organizations and their unhealthy relationships with radical feminists (and the funding of such groups). I have blogged about theology and sex […]
June
23
The Bible and the ‘other’
posted by plasticdollheads
[Image is my own, taken of the art work ‘Gaia’ #earthwork art installation at the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. The artist is Luke Jerram]. I was going to use a snappier title, but I know some people like to skip the theology posts so I wanted to be transparent. I had been feeling fatigued […]
May
11
Love
posted by plasticdollheads
Rachel Held Evans the famous progressive Christian writer died on May 4th 2019 aged 37 years old. I did not know Rachel, but followed her on twitter and was inspired by her writings. Rachel was a radically inclusive Christian: the kind of teaching that brought me back to the church. The idea that all are […]
April
21
Easter Sunday
posted by plasticdollheads
He is risen. At this point there is confusion. Where is His body? The gospel of St. John 20.1-18 tells us the story, and we imagine it almost in real time. A frazzled and faithful Mary Magdalene running to exclaim that the Lord’s body has been taken. Mary just wants the body back. Anyone who […]
April
07
Jesus and sex workers
posted by plasticdollheads
I was going to think of a snappier title but this post is about Jesus and sex workers, so there it is folks. Not in a rescue industry way. Not in a redemption and at-a-distance ‘pray for them’ way. I recently wrote a piece for the March 2019 issue of our parish magazine about ‘Evangelism […]
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