Ecumenism

Finding God in Old Places: An Ex-Evangelical Perspective on Unity

At Cambridge, we have a silly little tradition called “Bridgemas”. Because our terms end in very early December, most students don’t get much of a taste of Advent in Cambridge. Some bright spark, feeling hard-done-by, came up with the idea of “Bridgemas”; Christmas, but on the 25th November,...

Receptive Ecumenism

Although I identify as Anglican, first and foremost I am a child of God and a believer of Christ, connected to Christians worldwide through the Holy Spirit and my baptism.  For this reason I am ecumenical at heart, and am passionate about promoting ecumenism. My experience of Church has been...

Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places

Well, I think the Protestant churches’ reluctance to think and talk about Mary has at least something to do with ingrained misogyny. I mean, a woman literally held God in her body. Surely that has a lot to say about female embodied-ness?

Declaring this to a close...

Discovering Ecumenical Services at University

Growing up in an Anglican tradition, I got to know the service styles of a few local churches over the years, gaining some sense of what a wonderfully eclectic concoction the Church of England is. However, aside from a couple of visits to Methodist or Catholic churches, I had little practical...