Parenting James: A Constant Worry Where He Is Now

Although I’ve worried about James for years, it’s recently become worse. His relationship with his mum has collapsed. It’s headed this way for a while. For James, there have been years of hurt, mixed messages, strict expectations, and upsetting moments. He loves her, she’s his mum, but he also remembers everything. He can forgive but not forget.

Bible Study: Made in the Image of God — Part 3: The Image of God and the Life of the Church

After exploring how the Image of God has been distorted, and reclaiming what Scripture actually says, we can finally ask what this means for the life of the church. If every person bears God’s image fully, how should the church look, feel, and function?

Bible Study: Made in the Image of God — Part 2: What Scripture Says About the Image of God

After naming the distortions that have shaped how disabled and neurodivergent people are seen in the church in Part 1 of this study, we can turn to what Scripture actually says about the Image of God — and the picture is far more expansive, embodied, and hopeful than many of us were taught.