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One Part Of The Body Is Wounded, So We All Hurt
“There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and everyone it is the same God...
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In God I Trust
Have mercy on me, O God, for they trample over me; all day long they assault and oppress me. My adversaries trample over me all the day long; many are they that make proud war against me. In the day...
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Hope
This blog is inspired by a recent “Thought for the Week” posted by Igor Zinkov, a rabbi from the Liberal Jewish Synagogue in London. He starts with a quote from Disturbing the Peace by Václav Havel, a Czech politician, playwright, and former...
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Psalms of Lament
Not everyone likes to hear the Bagpipes played. Yet they can emote lament like no other instrument. For lament is where current world news takes me. To lament is to express deep sorrow, grief, or regret, to give empathetic voice...
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Prayer vigil for the people of Ukraine
The events of the last three weeks have moved at a great pace. As our archbishops said: “The horrific and unprovoked attack on Ukraine is an act of great evil. Placing our trust in Jesus Christ, the author of peace,...
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Dark Clouds
The impact of dark clouds looming ahead - it still always comes as a shock and leaves us breathless. And so it was as we all awoke, not least in Ukraine itself, to the news of the terrifying and appalling...
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How Can We Experience God in 'Ordinary' Time
We are currently in ‘Ordinary Time’ in the church’s year. The excitement of Christmas is finished some time ago and Lent is on the horizon. For now, we wait. Sometimes. In these quiet times, it is not easy to remember...
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Flowers Don't Grow in Cellophane
A friend recently said that the events leading up to the arrest of Jesus help us hang on the idea that out of the ‘compost of life’ will come hope. Like a flowering bulb growing in the dirt, there is...
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The Golden Rule
In 1977 the punk rock band the Sex Pistols produced a song called ‘No Feelings’. It begins: I've seen you in the mirror When the story began And I fell in love with you The song then continues to paint...
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The Environmental Crisis – Where is God? Where are We?
For me, one of the most frustrating things about the pre-occupations of our current news feeds is that they seem to missing out on the really important stuff. Given the seriousness of the environmental crisis, shouldn’t the news focus more...
