Image reproduced from the Archbishop Cranmer blog (visit http://archbishopcranmer.com/gay-cake-case-comes-to-court/ for the post on the case by Peter Lynas).
Whatever your view on marriage, whether you hold to the traditional man and woman model or a gender-blind union, the case of Ashers Backing Company vs Gareth Lee mirrors troubling characteristics of our society: a misunderstanding of tolerance and a gladiatorial approach to deciding what’s acceptable. Continue reading
Hello Advisers, I’m a father before I’m a priest (the cake I made for my daughter – see why below).
The clock is ticking but the time is being used unexpectedly, to an extent.
Last week was supposed to be much like the previous week, but quieter. The only thing I had in my diary was another meeting to help me articulate my understanding of the things I might be asked about at my forthcoming Bishops’ Advisory Panel.
It proved to be anything but quiet.
We had planned to put our house on the market this year irrespective of whether we were still looking into ordination or not. Our family and lifestyle has changed a lot since buying our current, and first, home. Continue reading
Significance in numbers?
Exploring ordination means preparing for a future life that may never happen. There are no guarantees, no certainties. Getting to a Bishops’ Advisory Panel is not a given, nor is a recommendation that I train for ordination. Yet I have to prepare for the possibility that I will be recommended. It means investing significant amounts of time, thought and prayer for something that may not happen. Continue reading
“Life is a roller coaster, just gotta ride it”, The wisdom of Ronan Keating
After an intense period of writing over Christmas (see my last three posts at the bottom of this post) I had a momentary break from thinking and writing. It had been a fruitful period and God had helped me make some great progress in finding out who I was and might become. Continue reading
Screwtape advised Wormword not to tempt his patient too quickly (C.S. Lewis’s Screwtape Letters).
Perhaps I shouldn’t have said in my last post I’m Still Here! that I was reasonably at peace with waiting for the DDO. No sooner had I published the post that I had a strong sense of being attacked spiritually. Temptations increased. Waiting for the DDO began to feel torturous.
I should have seen that coming.
There is one thing I know for sure, and it is something that many of us have experienced or witnessed. When God is at work, when He is about to do something significant, something that will bring Him glory, Satan will do what he can do to stop it. Continue reading
The Pilgrim Explorer 