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No more pregnant women detained in Larne House! Please join us in calling for an end to this abusive practice. Show your support by sharing on social media & add your name or organisation to the campaign at this link: forms.gle/cgP5HYsWPxncYbKF6
#reproductivejustice
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📢📢 BOOK GIVEAWAY📢📢
@drkatiecross & I have TWO copies of our fab new book #bearingwitness to give away.
Follow #bearingwitness for these powerful approaches to trauma theology
Like & retweet this tweet by 5pm Friday 9th & we’ll choose two random winners 📚
@SCM_Press
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Spiritual trauma is being instructed in the cognitive distortions but told its good theology.
It's podcast day! I've been able to get a glimpse of the amount of work, care and emotional energy that's gone into The Underneath. I really hope this opens the door to more conversations, more stories and more witness to a lot of people's experiences here in NI
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Spiritual trauma is when difficult emotions are spiritualized and you are taught to fear and repress them: the resulting dissociation is taken as a sign of spiritual maturity or moral superiority.
I feel so honoured to be part of this really important project, and so excited that we'll get to listen to these episodes very soon!
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I can't recommend this book enough! There is so much wisdom on every single page. This isn't about self improvement, but about coming back to our bodies and unlearning the stories we have been told about them. This is the path towards empathy, justice and mutual flourishing
My new book The Wisdom Of Your Body is Finally out. It is about embodiment: remembering that before we learned otherwise, we knew that bodies were good and could be trusted, and how we find our way back to that, individually and together. Now back to my book launch dance party!
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Solidarity to our friends Brian & @harbouringsteve extending a challenge to @pciassembly to do better. The very idea of declaring queer folks' faith is not 'credible' is such an affront to love, grace & the mystery of God. Thankful for all those in PCI holding ground on this.
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For many survivors of #religioustrauma and #spiritualabuse, online spaces are the first place we can find where we are believed rather than dismissed.
What might look like posturing to you is often a courageous attempt to find safe connection.
The new album by @brandicarlile is incredible! I didn't think I could feel more seen by a song than The Joke, but Broken Horses goes to another level. This is medicine for the mystics and the misfits, and there's no one that does it better!
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Today is #InternationalSafeAbortionDay 1 in 3 abortions worldwide are in unsafe conditions due to a combination of stigma & laws that restrict access to safe services. We felt that the most important thing religious folks can say today is sorry. #isad #makeunsafeabortionhistory
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I used to think that proximity to those who are marginalized and oppressed would make people more empathetic and loving. It does not. Proximity means nothing if we don’t change power dynamics.
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Mostly, the way we are (both embodiment and cognition) tells the story about the environment that we developed in. This is particularly useful to remember when we are exploring why we may experience shame or self fragmentation. We are not born at odds with ourself, we learn it.
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Expand the conversation. We have all been trained under the curriculum of white supremacy, capitalism and patriarchy. None of us is fully free yet. Why deep, intentional, internal work is necessary and it must be a practice.
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What if ‘sin’ was ancient people trying to explain maladaptive coping mechanisms.
What if ‘generational sin’ was ancient people trying to explain generational trauma.
What if ‘baptism’ was ancient people trying to explain conscious living?
What if theology evolved with us?
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Pray Away is a hard watch but I really recommend it. This narrative is widespread in Northern Ireland and it is causing so much pain, hurt and trauma. It needs challenged and confronted. We also need more queer voices to be heard and valued in faith spaces #PrayAway
"We promoted the idea that gay people could be saved". #PrayAway chronicles the ex-gay movement rise to power and legacy of harm. Watch now on Netflix.
netflix.com/prayaway
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Delighted to announce our line-up for our August Event. Catch @ashofficial @ryanmcmusic @ASIWYFA_BAND @KilaRecords @DavidKeenanmuso @PaddyCaseyMusic @DukeSpecial @mackab @jeliofthebirds @mary_coughlan4 and loads more this August 12/13/14 #lovestendhal
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I tell you one thing, that gutter press better leave @MarcusRashford alone. That young man is one of the best things about that team and country right now.