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28 April 2013 by not a wild hera
Theology is only real when we live it. So chapter 6 of Not Only a Father tries to suggest ways …
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Category: Bible, church, communication, culture, feminism, gendered language, home, language, motherhood, music, spirituality, working mothers
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Tags: God, Guest posts, Jesus, language for God, Matthew, Moses, Not Only a Father, Numbers, providence, Psalms, Tim Bulkeley
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20 April 2013 by not a wild hera
Speaking the unspeakable: mother-language before the reformation People I talk with about using motherly language and pictures to talk about …
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Category: childbirth, communication, fatherhood, feminism, gendered language, kids and spirituality, language, motherhood, pastor, spirituality
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Tags: Anselm, baptism, Cistercian, Clement, CS Lewis, Early Church, Genesis, God, grammatical gender, Holy Spirit, Jerome, Jesus, Julian of Norwich, Mary, New Testament, Not Only, Syriac Fathers, Trinity, Womb of the Spirit
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6 April 2013 by not a wild hera
A warm welcome back to Dr Tim Bulkeley who is posting this series based on his book, Not Only A …
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Category: arts, Bible, books, childbirth, communication, culture, fatherhood, feminism, gendered language, language, motherhood, parenting, spirituality
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Tags: Asherah, Bible, Bible translation, Deuteronomy, Exodus, Greek, Hebrew, Hosea, idolatry, Isaiah, Jesus, Job, language for God, New Testament, Nicodemus, Not Only a Father, Old Testament, St Anselm, Tim Bulkeley
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1 March 2013 by not a wild hera
It took me some courage to decide to blog on this activity from the 40 acts of generosity Lent challenge. Is there …
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Category: arts, books, church calendar, culture, language, Lent, social justice, spirituality, writing
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Tags: 40 acts, A Generous Lent, Acts, Authorized King James Version, Bible, Bible Society, Bible translation, Carey Baptist College, Chronicles, Exodus, Ezekiel, Genesis, God, Isaiah, James, Jesus, John, Jonah, Judges, Luke, New Testament, Old Testament, Philip Pullman, Poverty and Justice Bible, Psalms, Robert McCrum, Ruth, Wycliffe
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17 February 2013 by not a wild hera
I considered procuring a sackcloth onesie recently. A couple of months ago, SBJ began to add sit-down-in-the-street protests to his …
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Category: books, church calendar, lament, Lent, spiritual practices, spirituality, toddlers
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Tags: Bible, Genesis, Jesus, Joseph, Old Testament, Orthodox Jews, physical spirituality, Scot McKnight, tefillin
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20 January 2013 by not a wild hera
My Greek teacher, one of the loveliest men alive, reports seeing hot cross buns and Easter eggs on sale in …
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Category: food, Lent
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Tags: Ash Wednesday, Carnival, Easter, Jesus, Lent 2013, Mardi Gras, Orthodox, Pancake Day, Pancake Tuesday, Sacraparental Lent, Shrove Tuesday, vegan
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6 January 2013 by not a wild hera
On this last day of the Christmas season we are remembering that there was a great deal of suffering surrounding …
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Category: Advent, childbirth, Christmas, community, fatherhood, lament, marriage, motherhood, refugees, social exclusion, toddlers, travel, Uncategorized
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Tags: Advent in Art, art, darkness, Egypt, Israel, James B Janknegt, Jesus, Joseph, light, Mark Pierson, Mary, Messiah, painting, solidarity, suffering, The Flight into Egypt
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30 December 2012 by not a wild hera
This was one of the big surprises of the Christmas season last year. Co-Leader of the Green Party, Russel Norman, …
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Category: Christmas, eco, politics, preaching, social justice, social media, video
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Tags: Address in Reply Debate, atheist, Christmas, Green Party, Hansard, Jesus, Parliament, Russel Norman
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28 December 2012 by not a wild hera
Ultimately we have just one moral duty; to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace and …
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Category: Advent, Christmas, community, peace-making, social justice, spirituality
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Tags: Arno Kramer, Auschwitz, Christ, Deventer, Etty Hillesum, Holocaust, Jesus, kingdom of God, Martin Sutherland, Netherlands, now-and-not-yet, peace, Prince of Peace, sculpture, The Disturbed Life
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23 December 2012 by not a wild hera
St Paul’s Church in Auckland is famous for the impossibly cuuuuute nativity videos they produce each year, starring their kids. This year they …
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Category: Advent, babies, childbirth, Christmas, community, culture, discrimination, politics, pregnancy, refugees, social exclusion, social justice, spirituality, video, violence against women
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Tags: Bethlehem, cultural context, Israel, Jerusalem, Jesus, Mary, Palestine, shepherd, St Paul's, the Wall
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