Talking Points Shared with Diocese of Western MA ECW Board Meeting

The following are some talking points I used to speak to the Diocese of Western Massachusetts’ Episcopal Church Women (ECW) Board Meeting. They are in bullet format based on some questions Susan Howland, President of the ECW here posed to me to guide a presentation and dialogue I lead at the board meeting. Pieces of Susan’s note to me are used [...]

‘And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy’: Reflection Easter 2

‘In the last days it will be, God declares,
that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh,
and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
and your young men will see visions,
and your old men shall dream dreams.
Even upon my slaves, both men and women,
in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they [...]

Petition adequate funding rape crisis centres, UK

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/RapeCrisis/

Please sign the petition in order to ensure that rape crisis centres in the UK are set up and the ones that already exist are given adequate funding.

The Status of Women: UN Conference Anglican Delegation

From the 21st February to the 2nd March 2008 I attended the United Nations 52nd Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW 52) as a delegate sponsored by Anglican Women’s Empowerment (AWE) representing the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC). The topic of this year’s Commission was ‘Financing for Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment’. The week commenced [...]

Training to be a priest as a young woman in the 21st Century: tensions and opportunities.

Before I went to New York to attend the 52nd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women I was feeling a little depressed about my vocation, the Church that I was a part of (Church of England) and how I could live out  an authentic calling in it. I had felt restrained by a [...]