Category: Affirmation

Finding support in scripture for same-sex relationships.

Affirmation

Forget the false friends, listen to St Paul

I’m not fond of boiling complex theological issues down to single-verse soundbites. But there is one three-verse passage that I often think of. Galatians 3:26-28. So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew […]

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Affirmation Belfast Pride 2012 News

Belfast Pride 2012

Every evening from Sunday 29 July to Saturday 4 August, as the Albert Clock struck six, people gathered in St George’s Parish Church to spend 15 minutes with Christ. While there is nothing remarkable about people meeting in a church, what was significant was each of those 15 minute services was, like all of our […]

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Affirmation Belfast Pride 2012

Can we remember our lines?

  It’s always nice to get an explanation, especially when something is confusing. The Parables of Jesus are usually presented at face value with the responsibility for making sense of them resting with the hearer. In Matthew 13 it’s the only example we have of anyone asking for an explanation, and here Jesus obliges. The […]

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Affirmation Belfast Pride 2012

Pied Beauty

  ℣ Laudetur Jesus Christus ℟ In æternum! Amen. Pied Beauty Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. GLORY be to God for dappled things— For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; Fresh-firecoal chestnut-falls; finches’ wings; Landscape plotted and pieced—fold, fallow, and plough; And áll trádes, their gear and tackle […]

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Affirmation Belfast Pride 2012

Fear Not

There are good reasons to be afraid. A few years ago, I was walking from town to the Clonard area where I was living. It was late at night, and I had spent my money on a few pints with friends. I realised as I was leaving town that my mobile phone was out of […]

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Affirmation News

St George’s Welcome

I was at the Parish Church of Saint George in Belfast this morning and I was pleased to see copies of the parish welcome leaflet which is being launched on Thursday. The title of the leaflet is If someone in your family is gay or lesbian – what your church family can do to offer support. […]

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Affirmation David and Jonathan

Mephibosheth had Two Dads

Mephiboseth was the son of Jonathan. Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but as she hurried to leave, he fell and became disabled. His name was […]

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Affirmation

Jesus Had Two Dads…

… And he turned out just fine. There is a phrase that has been doing the rounds in gay Christian circles for a while now: “Jesus had two dads, and he turned out just fine.” Is there any scriptural basis for this? Yes, of course there is. It is right there in Matthew chapter 1. […]

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