Author Archives: Rebecca

I really do.  I was brought up in a conservative tradition and I wholeheartedly believed being gay was wrong.  I would trot out the old ‘Love the Sinner, Hate the Sin’ trope and feel like I was successfully  balancing my inner conscience, asking me why my friend’s homosexual crush was less valid than my ownContinue reading “I Get the Arguments”

I am a woman.  I have been married, divorced and remarried.  I had a mental health breakdown and have survived trauma.  Maintaining a state of mental wellbeing can be a delicate balance.  I have a child with an Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) and strongly suspect I am Neurodivergent myself.  I work part time around myContinue reading “Why Bother?”

I stumbled across Rachel Held Evans through a retweet, A year and two weeks ago today.  I know that because she died two weeks after I found out she existed.  I was in the middle of A Year of Biblical Womanhood (Evans, 2012) and had just taken delivery of the rest of her writings asContinue reading “#BecauseOfRHE”

Holy Spirit who inspires, I thank you for the launch of this Blog. May it be a light in the darkness for those who seek to encounter you. Jesus, the greatest revolutionary, I thank you for your example of inclusion, advocacy and love. May we commit to loving others in a way that fully honoursContinue reading “A Prayer for Sunday 3rd May”

When I first started considering this idea, I did a bit of research.  There are a number of articles online around deconstructing faith, books written, plenty of material to go at.  But this just didn’t resonate with me.  My faith is stronger than ever.  My faith is not the problem. I believe in a GodContinue reading “Why ‘Church’ not ‘Faith’”

Sometimes, in life, you hit a moment.  Where you realise you just can’t keep the status quo.  Something has to change.  Often, that is difficult and you don’t really know how to do it or where to turn.  I’ve had that recently.  Actually, it’s been building for a long time. Who knew the place IContinue reading “Introduction and Explanation”