Radical theology

Bringing yourself to life

Bringing yourself to life

Bringing yourself to life might be a very good, brief description of what motivates me as a Christian priest. In the course of my life I have discovered that “life in all its fullness” is something to be discovered and ‘worked on’ in our Selves, our bodies, emotions, energy, breathing. In the here and now of our being is where we encounter God and where our spiritual work is to be done, the work that enriches, enhances and energises our experience of God and his Son Jesus Christ, the life-giver and unconditional lover whose way is “life in all its fullness.

The cosmos, planet earth, consciousness, and energy – life’s spiritual adventure

The cosmos, planet earth, consciousness, and energy – life’s spiritual adventure

We, homo sapiens, matter. We, us, me, our souls and bodies, feelings and energy, our consciousness and self consciousness, our self-awareness and our breathing, the well-being and health of our body systems equally with our environment, all this matters, and contemporary culture encourages addictions rather than awareness of just how much we matter.

Finding confidence in a radical vision of faith, sexuality and gender

Finding confidence in a radical vision of faith, sexuality and gender

We are faced with a number of challenging realities at the moment, spiritual, national and global, from the after effects of Brexit to the realities of the climate crisis and the Covid 19 pandemic. Dealing with LLF and the Church of England’s inability to allow LGBTIQ+ people to determine our own agenda and develop the space I, for one, expect the Church to create for us, adds to the emotional and psychological disturbance. John Pavlovitz’s account of his own transforming journey to recognise that LGBTIQ+ people also require equality in Church and Kingdom is a restorative stimulus to faith in my own radical vision.