Carmel Page
Carmel Page is an artist, author and storyteller based in Sheffield, UK. She and her husband have a house on the edge of the city but she tends to inhabit a world of her own. Carmel is English, quarter Scottish, British, half Czechoslovakian, quarter Bohemian, quarter Austro-Hungarian, one thirty-sixth French, European, Christian, Christadelphian and Jewish. She is not the same shape as a pigeon-hole.
Articles
Can We Talk About Jews?
“I’m asking you to re-examine your thoughts and feelings about the Jewish community. I’m asking you to be cautious of discussing Jews without defining exactly who you mean. I’m asking you to use respectful and appropriate language but my main plea is that you respond to Jews, and anyone else who is suffering, with compassion.”
Can We Talk About Skin Colour?
“If you are part of the Christadelphian community you are part of racism. You are not exempt. If you do not engage in racist behaviours, if you do not have racist attitudes, but you allow racism to continue within our community, then you are complicit in racism.”
“I want members to know what it really means to be a Christadelphian. We are a dynamic community, constantly changing, re-reading, rethinking, and adapting. The way the Christadelphian community is defined is different from actual Christadelphian practice, which now includes a diverse range of worship styles.”