The core of the anti-trans movement, and therefore anti-trans theology, is restriction. A restriction placed upon the possibilities held within humanity, and a restriction placed upon God.
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One of the many astounding things about the Eucharist is the way it exists within God’s conception of time, not ours. The way it, like Angels, transcends mortal conceptions of time and space, while simultaneously colliding, unbelievably, with it.
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I find it important to remind myself, to remind you all, that doing the work isn’t the only important thing. That being with God, that is the important thing.
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I think, perhaps, humans are creation, run wild. We are what happens when the drive to create is coupled with the freedom to create whatever we want.
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What is more of the gospel - what is better news - than the truth of who we are? Living, breathing examples of the expansiveness of God’s creation, and the love which God has for each and every one of us?
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It is when you are actively inclusive in a world that is actively exclusive that it is easiest to think that your work is done. To slip into that danger of thinking “I have done enough”.
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Preached during Evensong at Jesus College Chapel, Oxford on Sunday 23rd of January 2022
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Preached at St Nicholas’ Church, Leicester on Sunday 21st of November 2021, for the memorial service marking Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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A little bit of theology behind one of the poems from ‘The Backwater Sermons’
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I turned a 15th century theological masterpiece into a Twitter thread that is also quite probably the world’s weirdest, slowest, book club.
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The plague is happening. The plague is happening and services cannot happen in churches. But this. All of this is worship.
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Near the start of lockdown I began to write a series of Plague Poems - here they are.
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A personal essay: It turns out that calling God a “Bitch” gets His attention.
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I was recently asked to write a short opinion piece, and it turns out that the opinion they wanted was not: “Pay Your Taxes”, and I was unwilling to say anything else, so the deal fell through. Here’s the piece anyway.
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A look at how transphobes treat trans men.
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A short explanation of transphobes and their use of language.
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A short while ago, on Twitter, late at night, I found myself trying to explain, once again, The Weight. It was suggested that I might want to write a whole essay on the subject, so I did.
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