Deconstructing Church

I was reading my daily email from Richard Rohr today, when a phrase jumped out at me I’d never heard expressed before. “We need relationships of accountability – spaces where we listen” (Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, 2018). Immediately something inside me stirred. This is what we are missing. This is what we need. Of course this is…

Black Lives Matter is all over our news space again. Here in the UK at protests over the weekend, a prominent statue of a slave trader in Bristol was pulled down and thrown into the harbour. Thousands have ignored social distancing and have come together to cry out for change. The tensions are overwhelming. It’s…

Prayers feel tough to write today, God. As I look out at the world and see fear, illness, protests, inequality and injustice, it is easy to despair. I see people desperately trying to do the best they can in unprecedented circumstances, and life is hard. It will be for a while. Mistrust and conflict fills…

I write this knowing I am a white voice where people of colour need to be heard. I write this in the hope it helps draw attention to and amplify those voices, not to detract or replace. I write from a place of my own experience which is limited, and for anything I may write…

I have always been a Christian. I was brought up in a Christian family, and apart from the few times in my life I’ve struggled with faith or been between churches, I’ve always thrown myself into the life of whichever church community I’ve been part of. I’ve been part of Non-denominational Free Church, Baptist Church,…