Thoughts on women...

When I hear this phrase, my mind goes immediately to the Mel Gibson film 'What Women Want' (because, y'know, films...). For those of you unaware of the premise, Mel Gibson plays a chauvinistic business executive who, after getting electrocuted in the bath, is able to 'hear' what women are thinking. Much hilarity and eventual introspective naval gazing occurs as he navigates the implications of hearing what women really think. His initial reaction is to work out how he can manipulate this ability to his own end, reflective of his original inclination to objectify women. Eventually however, listening to the innermost thoughts of women leads to better relationships with his daughter, colleagues and potential love interests. Of course we would probably do well not to read TOO much into this film. It makes some pretty unhelpful comments about how when a man is so attuned to a woman's thoughts and desires that he must be gay for example. Does it play into and reinforc...

This blog has been a long time in the planning process. Actually 'planning' is far too grand a statement for what the process has been so far. I am a woman who is loved by God. He knows me, he 'knit me together' before I was born, he planned my days. He knew the day I would meet him and had planned the angels singing party for that incredible moment. He loves me. He also put a fire in my heart for the oppressed and marginalised. For the groups on the edges of the church. For women, for the LGBTQI community, for groups suffering at the hands of institutional racism and oppression. Psalm 82:3 "Defend the weak and the fatherless, uphold the cause of the poor and oppressed". This verse has been a cymbal in my brain since my early 20's. My early interpretation of this call was to go on overseas missions and join local homeless charities and these are so important and I would urge anyone to do it - I would love it if any of my children chose to go.  However seas...