Halloween; a God-given gift
Every year at about the end of September I begin to see my more conservative Christian friend start to get a bit twitchy. Not because of the start of the new term, or the impending sight of mince p...
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In defence of sin…
Sin is an easy word to throw around and I suspect many of us who engage with church conversations about questions of sexuality and gender get thoroughly fed up of it. If I never have to hear someon...
UK Black Pride
Saturday 19th August was a historic day for us as an organisation for two reasons. First, OneBodyOneFaith in its Co-Chairs, Andrea and I attended UK Black Pride for the first time representing the...
General Synod in July
General Synod in July is a strange event. 450+ people take over York University and spend up to 16 hours a day together over a long weekend debating, reflecting, eating, drinking, arguing, crying,...
European Forum Conference 2023
The European Forum of LGBTI+ Christian groups was founded in 1982 and is an ecumenical association of LGBTI+ Christian groups in Europe. It currently has 46 member groups from more than 20 countrie...
Accepting Evangelicals
I feel strongly that OneBodyOneFaith speaks for and speaks to its allies. By allies I mean those who are not themselves LGBT+ but who back the call for the Churches to adopt a policy of full inclus...
Reflecting on the Memorial Service
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From Death to Life: An Easter Reflection on LGBT+ Loss of Life
I write this on Easter Sunday when we celebrate the joy of Christ risen: He has risen indeed. “Good” Friday is the day of contemplation and Sunday is the day of exaltation. But what happened on...
LGBT+ History Month: Remembering The Blessed Queer Mary
The Blessed Queer Mary Mary, the Mother of Christ, occupies a strange place in our faith. For some she is revered, petitioned for help with prayer and central to worship;...
LGBT+ History Month: Remembering Revd Pauli Murray
“It may be that when historians look back on twentieth-century America, all roads will lead to Pauli Murray…Ci...
LGBT+ History Month: Remembering Pastor Joseph Doucé
For LGBT+ History month we invited members to write blogs on their favourite historical LGBT+ person of faith. In this blog OneBodyOneFaith member Paul Whiting, shares his memories of Pastor Jo...
LGBT+ History Month Resources
LGBT+ History Month - founded in 2004 by Schools OUT - is celebrated every February across the UK. The theme for 2023’s LGBT History Month is 'Be...
Highlights from 2022
As we approach the New Year it’s a great time to reflect and celebrate some fantastic OneBodyOneFaith moments from the past year. From Lambeth Conference to our Members Day to Christians Support ...
Relationships
Relationships – so precious and yet sometimes so frustrating. The God who is Trinity, relational to their very core, gave us each other, to love and to care for, to create community with, and for...
“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
“And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” This extract from the Great Commission has dwelt on my mind since, to paraphrase W.H. Auden, ‘the clock...
A Case of Mistaken Identity
The Church of England is a relatively small world, so it always surprises me that there is another Fr Lee Taylor serving as a priest, although to be fair he now serves in the Church in Wales. Fo...
Bishops, where on earth are you?
One of my childhood dreams was to meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu. I was on my way to celebrate Mass for the Feast of St Stephen on Boxing Day last year when the BBC News Alert brought me the news tha...
Our Goal is Christ: Humanity, Sexuality, and Desire
Revd Joe Haward is a community and business chaplain, the author of four books, and a freelance opinion piece writer. Our Goal is Christ: Humanity, Sexuality, and Desire...
Teamwork Makes The Dream Work
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work Luke Dowding, Executive Director It’s a cliché, but it’s true. That being said, I’m delighted that over this p...
Safety and Joy
Many of us will have heard of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs. It’s a foundational principle in much of our contemporary learning and development around the world and it states some crucial princip...
