I BEGAN to find my voice and share my story in 2009 when an author friend approached me to talk about ‘coming out’ – she wanted to get an understanding of this extraordinary process of identity-claiming to see what it might reveal to those people of faith who struggle to accept diversity of sexual orientation and gender …
When the stranger becomes the host – On the road to Emmaus
THE COMMUNITY in which I joined the Methodist Church last year hosts a short telephone service on Sunday afternoons – like a Christian conference call! Today I was invited to offer a five-minute reflection on the Gospel …
- 23rd April 2023
- Christianity, Methodist, Spirituality
- abravefaith
A face for radio
On Sunday 2nd April I spoke to Paul Beesley at BBC Radio Merseyside about my journey, from London to Liverpool, in and out of Christianity and back again, coming out as gay and Christian, and the growth of the Open …
- 6th April 2023
- Christianity, Coming Out, Liverpool, Open Table, sexuality, Spirituality, Uncategorised
- abravefaith
Palm Sunday: Holy Week began with a peace protest
TODAY is an extraordinary day – Palm Sunday, the start of Holy Week, the most impact-full time in the whole Gospel story. On Palm Sunday, Christians remember Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem for the final days …
- 2nd April 2023
- Christianity, Liverpool, Methodist, Spirituality
- abravefaith
Eating with outcasts – The Inclusive Church journey to radical welcome
TODAY in the community where I joined the Methodist Church last year, I led the morning service for the first time, as I am now training as a local preacher. A national Methodist Church resource called …
- 19th February 2023
- Christianity, Methodist, Spirituality
- abravefaith
The Trouble With The Pope: On Benedict XVI’s 2010 visit to Britain
POPE EMERITUS Benedict XVI died on 31st December 2022, and was buried in the Vatican this week. His legacy is long, though he resigned in 2013, the first Pope to do so for 600 years. …
- 7th January 2023
- Christianity, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT rights, Liverpool, Marriage Equality, sexuality
- abravefaith
I am no longer my own – The Methodist Covenant Prayer
AT THE START of the new year, Methodists make a distinctive resolution. The Covenant Service, often celebrated on the first Sunday of the year, is at the heart of Methodists’ devotion, discipleship, and dedication to social justice. In the service the Church joyfully celebrates God’s offer of loving relationship.
- 1st January 2023
- Christianity, marriage, Spirituality
- abravefaith
The persistent widow – Power of prayer in action
THE COMMUNITY in which I joined the Methodist Church earlier this year hosts a short telephone service on Sunday afternoons – like a Christian conference call! Yesterday I was invited to offer a five-minute reflection on the Gospel reading of the day: The persistent widow and the unjust judge
- 17th October 2022
- Christianity, Methodist, Spirituality
- abravefaith
Sergius and Bacchus – Saints united in brother-making
TODAY, 7th October, is celebrated in many Eastern and Western churches as the feast day of Saints Sergius and Bacchus, (died c. 303, Syria), who are among the earliest authenticated and most celebrated Christian martyrs. Their story also …
- 7th October 2022
- Christianity, Civil Partnership, Liverpool, marriage, Marriage Equality, relationships, sexuality, Spirituality
- abravefaith
An introspective retrospective – 10 years of blogging
TEN YEARS AGO today (as I turned 42) I began this blog. I wrote a brief retrospective after five years. Here’s an update on the next five: having ‘come out of the Catholic church‘ in 2011, …
- 31st August 2022
- Appreciation, Chaplaincy, Christianity, Civil Partnership, Coming Out, Gratitude, Homophobia, Human Rights, identity, Journey Of Hope, LGBT rights, Liverpool, marriage, Meaning of Life, Open Table, Pride, sexuality, Spirituality, YMCA
- abravefaith
LGBT+ asylum seeker podcast shares stories of faith, exclusion and inclusion
IN THE LATEST episode of a podcast ‘for migrants by migrants’, two people with experience of seeking asylum share their stories, one who won leave to remain in the UK with support from an Open …
- 4th August 2022
- Christianity, Homophobia, Human Rights, LGBT rights, Liverpool, Open Table, sexuality, Spirituality
- abravefaith
It gets better – Local radio interviews record progress on 50th anniversary of Pride in the UK
THIS MONTH has seen Pride events all over the country. It’s 50 years this year since the first Pride March in London in 1972. To mark this milestone, I was one of a number of …
- 30th June 2022
- Christianity, LGBT rights, Michael Causer, Open Table, Pride, sexuality, Spirituality
- abravefaith
We boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God – A reflection for #PrideMonth
AT A SPECIAL communion service to celebrate the 14th birthday of the first Open Table community in Liverpool on Sunday 19th June 2022, I shared this reflection on Pride Month and how the origin of …
- 27th June 2022
- Christianity, Coming Out, Hate Crime, Homophobia, Human Rights, identity, LGBT rights, Liverpool, Michael Causer, Open Table, Pride, sexuality, Spirituality
- abravefaith
Sep 07
Coming out of the Church
- By abravefaith in Christianity, Coming Out, LGBT rights, Spirituality
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7th September 2012
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Aug 31
The ultimate question
- By abravefaith in Christianity, Coming Out, LGBT rights, Meaning of Life
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31st August 2012
TOMORROW I turn 42. In the first novel and radio series of Douglas Adams‘ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, a group of hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional beings demand to learn the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything from the supercomputer, Deep Thought, specially built for this purpose. It takes Deep Thought 7½ million years to …
- BBC Television, Christian, civil partnership, coming out, Deep Thought, Douglas Adams, Gay community, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, LGBT, Liverpool, Merseyside, Personal development, Phrases from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Roman Catholic Church, Same-sex marriage, Sexual orientation, sexuality, spirituality
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