At it’s annual synod, meeting this last weekend, the Diocese of Perth has approved changes to Faithfulness in Service (the Anglican Church of Australia’s national code of conduct) that remove the expectation for clergy and church workers to refrain from sex outside marriage. The amended text provided to synod, showing the effect of the change, […]
Dear Channel 9, We’re both adults. We need to talk. Because we’re adults we’ll start by not pretending about where we’re coming from. I’m a Christian and an Anglican minister at a cathedral. You’re in the business of making money off advertising by promoting TV shows that you think will be popular. Like so many […]
Brett and I sit down and chat with the awesome Dr Patricia Weerakoon (a.k.a. Kamal’s mum) about all things sex. http://media.blubrry.com/thinkingaloud/tog-attachments.s3.amazonaws.com/audio/ThinkingAloud/ThinkingAloud-Episode_010-June_2016.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS
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Chris over at Here in the Waiting Room has written a very challenging but acutely incisive piece on the jarring disconnect between the seriousness with which we rightly view rape and the casual attitude we as a culture display about sex in general. …if rape is honestly as unthinkable as we all agree it to be, […]
It’s hard when you only hear a few brief snippets to really understand what somebody believes. In particular, one verse has been touted around a lot in the publicity and show. But sometimes hearing the context it’s spoken in can be helpful. Here’s the full audio of the sermon featured in my episode of Living […]
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On the flight up from Melbourne a while back I read a fascinating article by a year 11 (17 yrs old) student Olympia Nelson on how we (according to her) fail to respond correctly to the current culture of sexting. “Why should girls feel ashamed“: Another two-minute film, Sexting at School by thinkyouknow.org, tells the story of […]
Willy Taylor, Rector of St Helen’s Bishopsgate in London took the opportunity this past Sunday of a break between sermon series to preach on the key issue of gender, authority and sexuality. 45 minutes well worth watching or listening to (audio here) h/t ACL
Warning – some spoilers As the Ouldlets get oulder I, once again, get to enjoy watching a film or two as we take long intercontinental flights, such as last Thursdays 8 hour hop from Singapore to Sydney. On the advice of a good friend I started with 500 Days of Summer, which I can heartily […]
