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Exploring the New Testament clobber texts
Following on from dealing with the Old Testament clobber texts at Greenbelt Festival in the previous year, James explores what the New Testament has to say about homosexuality. Stream and download
Stand up & be godless: on receiving the gift
A talk at the Greenbelt Festival, August 2007 Is the gift of faith just a form of emotional blackmail, or something that can set us free? Stream and download
Holy Week Sermons
All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgia (10 – 12 April 2006) Monday Isaiah 42:1-9, John 12:1-11 I want to say how very honoured I am that you should trust me enough to allow me into your lives at this sacred time. If Lent is like a long drawn out visit to the dentist, Holy Week is…
The shape of daring imagination: coming out and coming home
Sixth National Symposium on Catholicism and Homosexuality (Minneapolis, USA, March 2007) Listen to on SoundCloud In this transcription, ‘…’ indicates a pause, not a cut or an edit We started to look this morning at what it is like to be scandalised, and the beginnings of moving beyond scandal. And I’d like to go back…
Navigating uncharted waters: the gift of faith and growing up LGBT
Sixth National Symposium on Catholicism and Homosexuality (Minneapolis, USA, March 2007) Listen to on SoundCloud Please note that in this transcription, ‘…’ indicates a pause, not a cut or an edit The first point which I’d like to make, in a sense, is a big sigh of relief. And the sigh of relief is as…
Dealing with the clobber texts
A talk at the Greenbet Festival, August 2006 Does the Bible have anything at all to say about homosexuality? Reading texts through the eyes of the Attorney for the Defence (and what else is a “Paraclete?”) will give us the outline of reasonable doubt. Stream and download See also the Exploring the New Testament clobber…