Reflections and Stories

"Do not be silenced by those who diminish who you are"

TW: homophobia, religious abuse, self-harm.

The recent news regarding the death of the Living in Love and Faith (LLF) process, the announcement of no stand-alone services using Prayers of Love and Faith (PLF), and the rejection to allowing clergy to enter same-sex civil...

How Would Jesus' Journey Differ in an Occupied Palestine?

As we enter into Holy Week, my news feed, TikTok FYP and Instagram are covered in the same images. All eyes are on Gaza. This week the bombing has continued, this time destroying Al Ahli hospital on Palm Sunday. Al Ahli hospital is an Anglican run hospital in Gaza, and the last...

'Find Your Identity in Christ': Transness as Vocation

When I first came out as non-binary and trans eight years ago, some people tried to tell me I should ‘find my identity in Christ’ - not in my transness or my non- binary gender. I didn’t understand why they thought my gender and my identity in Christ were mutually exclusive, especially when they...

OCD in Faith Spaces: OCD Awareness Week

CW: religious OCD, but no specifics of obsessions or compulsions

When I was about 14 I remember telling a friend that it felt like I couldn’t control my mind. These thoughts that I didn’t like would stick around, and I couldn’t do anything but give in to their demands if I wanted to get...