Sex as Sacrament
Tim Mathis offers us "the beginnings of an Episcopal theology of sex". And notably shorter and more readable that the Windsor Report 
It’s thoughtful, self-deprecating and pretty funny in places. One of Tim’s interesting observations is that much of what the Church teaches about sex seems to have been designed to keep teenagers out of trouble (Tim is a Youth Worker so he must know a bit about that) but that these youth-oriented ideas don’t make sense in the wider scope of life. Recommended reading.
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Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
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There are more interesting responses appearing hourly, now that more people have actually read or heard what was really said. I’ve logged a few along with my own take here let’s just recall that a lot of news editors already have story templates in their heads and quite often the headlines are written to reflect that rather than the facts.
Thanks for this Maggie. It’s encouraging to read your thoughts on this. Keep up the good blogging.
Jason
The tabloid press want him to resign – can he come back to Wales and if he does can Lucy Winkett or a certain Rev Maggi Dawn be promoted to a Bishopric- oh no silly me wrong gender and probably both sensible enough to turn the opportunity down – but if they are allowed and do – can I have a job!!