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"“It was curious, this business of being rector. You were the star, nobody, but you could wear the gorgeous vestments or administer the sacraments or preach the sermon, but at the same time you were always having to ask permission and plead for your spending money like a little boy and worrying about causing gossip or offending people.”" — Jan 04, 2025 09:03AM
"“It was curious, this business of being rector. You were the star, nobody, but you could wear the gorgeous vestments or administer the sacraments or preach the sermon, but at the same time you were always having to ask permission and plead for your spending money like a little boy and worrying about causing gossip or offending people.”" — Jan 04, 2025 09:03AM
People of color who are LGBTQ are the targets of hate violence more often than white people who are LGBTQ.
“Aslan is a lion- the Lion, the great Lion." "Ooh" said Susan. "I'd thought he was a man. Is he-quite safe? I shall feel rather nervous about meeting a lion"..."Safe?" said Mr Beaver ..."Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you.”
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
― The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
“The cross represents the power that denigrates human bodies, destroys life, and preys on the most vulnerable in society. As the cross is defeated, so too is that power.”
― Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God
― Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God
“He sometimes thought that being a vicar was a bit like being the managing director of a business in which no one was paid.”
― Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
― Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
“Christianity was like McDonald’s, I concluded: the menu was limited and predictable, but its familiarity felt as comforting as a cheeseburger. What it lacked in nourishment it made up for in convenience.”
― Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
― Do I Stay Christian?: A Guide for the Doubters, the Disappointed, and the Disillusioned
“One of the clerical undertakings that Sidney least enjoyed was the abstinence of Lent. The rejection of alcohol between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday had always been a tradition amongst the clergy of Cambridge but Sidney noticed that it neither improved their spirituality nor their patience. In fact, it made some of them positively murderous.”
― Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
― Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death
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