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  • Healthy Relationships

    Here’s the second video with Marion Chatterley from Waverley Care – take a look:

    marion chatterley #2 – healthy relationships.movie from Kelvin Holdsworth on Vimeo.

    In this one we focus on what healthy and unhealthy relationships look like.

    We talk about why hidden relationships are common in church communities and how that puts people at risk.

    Then we go on to talk about how healthy relationships are messy but that they are celebrating both people as holistic beings. That includes allowing people to be sexual and spiritual beings.

    Along the way, we spoke about whether or not there is just one true love out there for a person. Again we pick up on dating apps and talk about what people are really looking for when using them. Why do church leaders have so much to say about marriage and so little to say about dating apps?

    We relate this to the big changes we made to the marriage liturgy in the Scottish Episcopal Church a few years ago.

    And then I ask Marion whether she just think anything goes.

    Take a look at the video – comments and questions welcome.

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9 responses to “Cartwheels in the nave”

  1. Beth Avatar
    Beth

    Why did none of us do this after the consecration? 🙂

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  2. kelvin Avatar
    kelvin

    Are you claiming that none of us did?

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  3. Beth Avatar
    Beth

    I wouldn’t presume to claim that something hadn’t happened at St Mary’s — there are few places where the phrase ‘never say never’ has been more appropriate. If such a thing did happen, I’m sorry to have not seen it with my own eyes and impressed that anyone had the energy left.

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  4. Vicky Avatar
    Vicky

    Charming! I hope he doesn’t get into trouble for it!

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  5. Zebadee Avatar
    Zebadee

    We expect nothing less from the Cathedral. A new by-law should make this clear that acrobatics take place each Sunday led by the Provost

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  6. Hilary Avatar
    Hilary

    How athletic. Who can do this now I ask in their more mature years?

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  7. kelvin Avatar
    kelvin

    I can simply report that some of the servers at St Mary’s are very athletic and are known to visit local gymnasia, the better to improve their skills for serving.

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  8. PamB Avatar
    PamB

    Is this the Verging version of 360s?

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    1. kelvin Avatar
      kelvin

      It is, thought hte real trick is to do it with a smoking thurible in your hand.

      Reply

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