• It is a justice issue, isn’t it?

    The question is this – is LGBT inclusion a justice issue or isn’t it?

    If we think it is a justice issue then we pray about it in church, right?

    Those two questions feel to me a little uncomfortable.

    We pray readily in churches up and down the land about justice issues – we pray about poverty, we pray for those who are down on their luck, we pray about homelessness. Increasingly (though still not that often) we pray about climate change.

    If we believe LGBT inclusion is a justice issue (rather than a tricky and embarrassing disagreement) then we’ll pray about it, won’t we? In intercessions. In church. At the mass.

    Won’t we?

    Here’s a notice announcing a special service which has been organised by Changing Attitude Scotland to do just that.

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    The celebrant will be the Rev Kirstin Freeman. Others are very welcome to copy this idea. Anyone can have a Eucharist for Change.

    But my question is really about regular weekly services.

    We will pray. Won’t we?

6 responses to “Gene Robinson on blogging”

  1. […] EFORE He preached this AM, Bishop Gene Robinson sat down with the Provost of the Glasgow Cathedral and discussed – among other things, I’m sure – blogging. […]

  2. Dennis Avatar

    and speaking of blogging about today, Fr. Jonathan (MadPriest) has told us of his journey up to Glasgow to join you today.

    the rest of us are rather jealous and wish that we had been there, too.

  3. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    Madly, I read the sense of the first sentence as fall into the *arms* of a happy but exhausted provost ,and thought that you had went ahead and posted your suggested personal ad :-).

  4. chris Avatar

    Thank you and goodnight! (and no probs on Firefox as far as this is concerned)

  5. FranIam Avatar

    Brilliant! Looking forward to more, hope you had a great rest after a great day!

    Here via Mad Priest and TheMeThatIsMe, both of whom were right there with you in church. Lucky lads.

  6. Paul from Toronto Avatar
    Paul from Toronto

    Keep up the good work. I had no problems seeing & hearing +Gene clearly
    using my Firefox browser.

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