Aug 20
IN 2021, a Black woman became the President of the Methodist Church In Britain for the first time. In her presidential address at Conference, Revd Sonia Hicks told the story of her Aunt Lize, a life-long Methodist who came from Jamaica to the UK. On her first Sunday in this country, Lize attended the local Methodist church but, although she brought her membership ticket, the minister turned her away.
Permanent link to this article: https://abravefaith.com/2023/08/20/surprising-outcasts-joseph-and-the-canaanite-woman/
Dec 02
AS PART of the tour of Merseyside by Queer Virtue author Liz Edman last month, I took part in a panel discussion called ‘Queer Faith Voices’. Liz uses the term ‘queer’ in the academic sense, as a verb meaning ‘to disturb / disrupt false binaries’. These binaries can relate to gender (male/female) or sexuality (heterosexual/homosexual), …
Permanent link to this article: https://abravefaith.com/2019/12/02/queer-faith-voices-is-faith-inherently-queer/
Nov 19
Next weekend I am privileged to be taking part in a panel discussion called ‘Queer Faith Voices’ as part of a tour by a visiting US priest and political strategist Liz Edman. She is the author of Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity (Beacon Press, 2016). This is a guest post by Jen Williams promoting the tour.
Permanent link to this article: https://abravefaith.com/2019/11/19/us-episcopal-priest-liz-edman-visits-liverpool-for-tour-of-events-celebrating-queer-and-faith-identity/
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