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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 “Scotland Says No!”

  1. Tim Avatar
    Tim

    Hallelujah!!

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  2. Eamonn Avatar
    Eamonn

    Amen!

    Reply
  3. Susan Sheppard Hedges Avatar
    Susan Sheppard Hedges

    Yes!!!

    Reply
  4. Martin Reynolds Avatar
    Martin Reynolds

    “something that the church overwhelmingly felt was not the way forward”

    …… the way set by the emergency Primates meeting way back when Gene had just been elected was not the way forward and, sad to say, I can’t think of any good that has flowed from it.

    I can only hope that the threats are now over and the listening begins.

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  5. Neil Oliver Avatar
    Neil Oliver

    Excellent news.

    Reply
  6. Zebadee Avatar
    Zebadee

    This has to be good news for the Anglican Communion it’self.

    Reply
  7. Brother David Avatar
    Brother David

    TBTG!

    Reply
  8. Brother David Avatar
    Brother David

    BTW, Father Mark Harris in the US says that the Philippine province has already said no to the covenant.

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  9. Kelvin Holdsworth Avatar
    Kelvin Holdsworth

    Yes – it is reported that the Philippine province has said no, but the reports I saw suggested that it was their bishops who said no rather than a vote in a General Synod.

    My point was that I think that the Scottish Synod is the first actual Synod of a Province to say no. Happy to be proved wrong though.

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