{"id":6239,"date":"2012-11-19T11:20:02","date_gmt":"2012-11-19T10:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.richardlittledale.co.uk\/?p=6239"},"modified":"2012-11-19T11:20:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-19T10:20:02","slug":"enemies-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/176.32.230.12\/richardlittledale.co.uk\/2012\/11\/19\/enemies-really\/","title":{"rendered":"Enemies – really?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Perspective under attack<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n I am not an Anglican and I am not a woman. These two things mean that my understanding of the passions within and history behind the General Synod debate on women Bishops are necessarily limited. I cannot pretend to understand the depths at which my beloved colleagues within the Anglican Communion feel these things. That said, I have been deeply troubled to see an image passed around as an ‘appetiser’ for the debate. It reads “Keep calm and pray for your enemies” <\/strong><\/span>in white letters on a red background.\u00a0Those who have done it have used it, I am sure, as a light-hearted reminder to retain an \u00a0authentic Christian perspective within the debate. Despite that, I find it altogether out of context:<\/p>\n