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Lord, to whom shall we go?
"Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life." So said Peter, to Jesus, after the disciples had listened to a tense discussion between Jesus and other Jews - onlookers, critics and aspiring disciples. Peter’s conclusion...
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Three Paradoxes Resolved by Love
This week I’d like to think a bit about the parable of the Publican and the Pharisee. This parable is read in many churches around the beginning of Lent. It’s a great parable and I think it puts before us...
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Experience & Knowledge
My Christian heritage is one which values knowledge. This is both its greatest strength and its greatest weakness. Much of the modern-church is very experiential. Much of the traditional main-line church is very cerebral. It is my contention that we...
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Ash Wednesday
Lent begins on Wednesday 17th February this year. The Chaplaincy will be holding a service for Ash Wednesday on zoom at 12.15. The details for joining are here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84511628990?pwd=eFE4ck8vemhPQXgyNFA1RThjMTBaQT09 Meeting ID: 845 1162 8990 Passcode: 130559 The English word for...
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Why?
It is not surprising that people ask ‘why’ when times are hard. Asking God ‘why’ has a long tradition and in fact the word ‘why’ appears 488 times in the Bible, including lots of times in the book of Job...
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Prisoner for the Lord
As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond...
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Finding Hope
I was out doing my socially-distanced, family bubble, once a day, local, exercise as approved by HM Government when I saw a heartening sight. On a very cold, murky day, in the middle of winter I saw a drift of...
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Belonging to a Group
Last week many Christians celebrated the final scene of the Christmas story – the visit of three wise men, or kings, to the newly born child Jesus. The gifts that they brought, gold, frankincense and myrrh, stand for three key...
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2021 – New Lockdown Life and Hope
Happy New Year! What an extraordinary Christmas, I hope that you’re refreshed. The nativity story this year somehow has had an added poignancy. We went into our Christmas week of services sharing a communal sadness, that at the last minute...
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Christmas Eve – Thinking about Mary
In the last week of advent, in preparation for Christmas day, the church’s year thinks of Mary. The church’s prayer for this week goes as follows: God our Redeemer, Who prepared the Blessed Virgin Mary to be the mother of...
