Close Relationships – An Exercise in the Fundamentals of Orthodoxy

What Kind of Celibacy?

By Peter Ould Posted on May 6, 2013 Posted in Celibacy, Church of England, Civil Partnerships, Jeffrey John 23 Comments Tagged with Assurances, Celibacy, Civil Partnerships, Clergy, Close Relationships, Deb, Holy Orders, House Of Bishops, Human Sexuality, Jeffrey John, Jesus Words, Ordained Ministry, Ordination, Paragraphs, Pastoral Statement, Public Character, Relevant Section, Sexual Activity, Sexual Relationships, Social Injustice

With the news this morning that Jeffrey John has apparently been short-listed for Durham, I thought it would be worth just exploring again what the House of Bishops intended when they issued their Pastoral Statement on Civil Partnerships and what …

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One Size Fits All?

By Peter Ould Posted on May 12, 2009 Posted in PostGay, Sexuality, Wholeness 3 Comments Tagged with 3 Years, Amphibians, Audiences, Close Relationships, Creatures, Dad, Dad Son, Denial, Distant Father, Father And Son, Friendship, Gay Males, Gay Son, Nooks And Crannies, Same Sex Attraction, Snakes, Swamp World, Telling The Truth, Thorns, Typical Family, Warren Throckmorton, Ymca

Warren Throckmorton seems to agree with me that while reparative therapy *might* be useful for some people to help deal with their same-sex attraction, it shouldn’t be used as a “one size fits all” solution. Indeed, sometimes people’s stories run …

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What Kind of Celibacy?

One Size Fits All?