Here is something I’ve been playing around with for a bit, a tangent to the O Tempora O Mores series. I’ll just post it here and see what you make of it
19th Century
Q Marks the Spot 172 (Feb 2023 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Malcolm Guite: a Poet for Bruised Evangelicals a really good piece. If you want more on him, check out my extended conversation with him
1st February 2023
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This was exactly my experience of leaders in church and I am beginning to untangle where it has damaged me. I recall once being sat in a room of oxbridge undergraduates being told much of this by a prominent evangelical leader with the conclusion that 90% of those in the room should go into (paid) Church leadership (though we understood he really meant 90% of the men).
So, that’s how we end up in this mess! It’s compelling at points, and I guess that’s the danger; the half truths