A transsexual prisoner serving life for manslaughter and attempted rape committed while she was a man has claimed the refusal to move her to a women’s prison is a violation of her human rights.
The inmate, who can only be identified as Prisoner A, was described by her lawyer in the High Court as “a woman [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Sex change inmate seeks prison move
Posted in Gender, Prison on Monday, July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The ex-hoodies serving in Afghanistan and Iraq
Posted in Afghanistan, Iraq, War, Youth on Friday, July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, just old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never [...]
Re-thinking outside the box.
Posted in Uncategorized on Friday, July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An excellent animation at http://limitedhype.com/2009/07/white-box-by-makoto-yabuki/
Re-thinking The Lord’s Supper
Posted in Christianity, Christology, Communion, Emergent, Emerging, Good Theology, Holiness, Reconciliation, Restoration, Theology on Friday, July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.jesusmanifesto.com/2009/05/rethinking-the-lords-supper/
In a tragic twist of irony, the venue in the Christian faith that was intended to unify believers of diverse stripes and beliefs has actually divided and split the church in untold ways.
I’m referring to Communion. The Lord’s Supper. The Eucharist. The Table.
It goes by many names, and has been practiced many ways. It [...]
Sinners, all of us…
Posted in Christianity, Prison, Theology, Unity on Friday, July 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://annedroid-annedroid.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-came-across-this-quote-from-eugene.html
I came across this quote from Eugene Peterson on a forum today and I think it’s so good I’ll nick it and post it here: "The churches of the revelation show us that Churches are not Victorian parlours where everything is picked up and ready for guests. They are messy family [...]
‘Hello mum, this is going to be hard for you to read …’
Posted in Armed Forces, Chaplaincy, Christianity, Compassion, Conflict, Danger, Fear, Funeral, Love, Violence, War on Thursday, July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is an amazingarticle. I was in tears during reading it. This is why I need to be an RAF Chaplain ASAP. Anything I write is trivial to this….
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hello-mum-this-is-going-to-be-hard-for-you-to-read-1753008.html
At 19, Rifleman Cyrus Thatcher was one of the youngest victims of the Afghan war. These letters – given to The Independent by his family – reveal [...]
Diversity not Division..
Posted in Chaplaincy, Christianity, Communion, Conflict, Consumer, Culture, Integrity, Politics, Postmodern, Racism on Thursday, July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
interesting post at http://inaforeignplace.blogspot.com/2009/07/diversity-dept-confusion.html re the excesses of political correctness and rights of the individual…..
Diversity Dept confusion….
Posted in Christ, Diversity, Racism, Unity on Thursday, July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over the last week we in Chaplaincy have been confronted with a strange beast. That beast is the result of that wonderful thing known as Political Correctness. There are various meetings that go on during a week in prison. One of those is headed by the Diversity Dept. and an interesting question arose (well it [...]
Would you?
Posted in Christianity, Ethics, Prison, Sexuality, Theology on Monday, July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a prisoner who has been going through the long process of gender change from male to female. Karen is serving quite a long sentence, and has been ‘residing’ on a wing of other vulnerable prisoners.
A few months ago, Karen approached me and asked me a very serious question. The question was… ‘If I [...]
What would you really do?
Posted in Christianity, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Fear, Integrity, Justice, Law, Marriage, Nazarene, Prison, Restoration, Sexuality, Theology, Violence on Monday, July 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have a prisoner who has been going through the long process of gender change from male to female. Karen is serving quite a long sentence, and has been ‘residing’ on a wing of other vulnerable prisoners.
A few months ago, Karen approached me and asked me a very serious question. The question was… ‘If I [...]
