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Epiphany Moments
Order of service with hymns and Bible readings here Link to the audio of my sermon (with a prayer and reading before from Fr Simon) here Transcript: I wonder if it actually happened like we’ve just heard in our Gospel reading, if there … Continue reading
Posted in Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Photos, Sermons (My Own)
Tagged Blessed Virgin Mary, Christmas, community, crucifixion, difference, Epiphany, homeless, Isaiah 60, Jesus Christ, Joseph, maggi dawn, Maggi Dawn - Beginnings and Endings, Matthew 2, Mumford and Sons, Mumford and Sons - Awake My Soul, openness, passion, peace, photoaday2013, postaday2013, resolution, respect, revelation, Salisbury, self worth, shine, St Michaels, stars, sunrise, truth, unity, vulnerability, world
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Positive Person
Remember when I attempted to make an omelette and even my dog wasn’t interested in it? Remember when I had another go and it seemed rather better? Well I thought, hey, I’ll have another go today. It tasted nice enough … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Cooking, Deep Thinking, Love, Music
Tagged beauty, Church Times, coffee, community, Dalai Lama, Life, media, news, omelette, positivity, stereotypes, sunshine lollipops and rainbows, The Art of Happiness, world, youth
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Measurements
Thankyou to David Herbert who blogged earlier today on results, relegation and relationships… Are “results” an obsession of our age? Is the fascination for measurement and standardisation something that has grown through the industrial revolution and our increasing capacity for … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Poetry
Tagged Benjamin Zander, community, creativity, David Herbert, exam results, food, industry, measurements, possibility, relationship, The Art of Possibility, world
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Food For Thought: My Sermon on Attending Baptisms
Two lovely services this morning at which I preached. Delighted by the positive response to my challenging sermon… First Reading: Acts 10.44-end While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had … Continue reading
Posted in Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love, Sermons (My Own)
Tagged Acts 10, Baptism, beginnings, Church, college, communication, community, connections, family, Food For Thought, Fr Simon Marsh, Jesus Christ, John 15, Light, peace, Rowan Williams, unity
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Food For Thought: Gaia
The perception of existence as a gift given moment by moment by an unseen power generates in us a sense of awe and wonder, of receptivity and thanksgiving. – Luke Timothy Johnson, The Creed First ‘Food For Thought’ post won’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bible (passages and study), Christianity
Tagged Archibald MacLeish, beauty, blessings, change, community, earth, Eden, energy, environment, evolutionary theory, fear, Food For Thought, Gaia, Genesis, James Lovelock, Life, Luke Timothy Johnson, silence, survival of the fittest, world
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Voting
Eighteen now so my first time voting came around in the local elections this evening. I know its customary for people to not say who they’ve voted for but I don’t especially see the point in hiding my views as … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*
Tagged communion, community, Conservative party, experience, honesty, innocence, Judgements, Liberal Democrats party, politics, repent, sin, Vicar of Dibley, voting, William Blake
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A Moaning World?
It’s rained again today. Yes! Thankyou God. – Now it’s a shame that so many take that statement to be sarcastic. But I am very thrilled and thankful for the water that Britain gets a good amount of. It’s a … Continue reading
Posted in Television
Tagged blessings, community, driving, fox, Life in a Day, living water, rain, togetherness, water, weather
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Stop the Traffik
Video certified 15+ Duval Guillaume Modern, a PR agency in Belgium, sent us this clip. They created it to raise awareness about the women who are trafficked into the sex industry every year. Women who are tricked and forced into … Continue reading
Posted in Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Love
Tagged community, Matthew 22, prostitution, STOP THE TRAFFIK, world
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