This week we welcome John Bell of the Iona community

He has been talking on the Christian debates on sexuality which have largely ignored the contribution of gay people to the theology, spirituality, worship and witness of the churches. It is not just the mystics, but composers, artists, and authors who have held faith and broadened the horizons of the faithful. Names such as Poulenc, Britten, Michelangelo, Hammarskjold, James Baldwin and others lesser known have been concerned with God as much as with gender.