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Tag Archives: Listening
Be Opened
This morning I preached my last sermon in my Home Parish before I head off to study in university. As usual the sound system (soon to be replaced) was playing up so I had to use a hand-held microphone, but … Continue reading →
Posted in Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Sermons (My Own)
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Tagged choices, ephphatha, interventionist, Listening, Mark 7, open, peace, St Michaels, trust
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Knowing the Other
Your Teacher Eats with Tax Collectors and Sinners: You, Cornerstone and the Mission of ACU Richard Beck is an experimental theologian/psychologist who I came across earlier today after finding his article on the Hufflepuff House in Harry Potter. I then … Continue reading →
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Book Quotes, Christianity, Deep Thinking, Harry Potter, Love, Sermon Reflections
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Tagged Church, communion, community, connections, Cornerstone, experimental theology, Grace, Hufflepuff, Jesus Christ, Kester Brewin, Kindle, Listening, Matthew 9, mercy, mission, Other, Other: Loving Self God and Neighbours in a World of Fractures, politics, power, Psychology, sin
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Lent 2012: Day Forty-Five – Good Friday
Luke 23:46: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. A three hour devotion in Church today, for The Seven Words from the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Forgiveness: Father forgive them, for they know not what they do. (Luke 23:34) Salvation: Truly … Continue reading →
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Love, Sermon Reflections
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Tagged blessings, crucifixion, devotion, forgiveness, Fr Simon Marsh, Gûlgaltâ, Good Friday, gymnasts, Henri J M Nouwen, Holy Week 2012, Jesus Christ, John 19, Lent 2012, Listening, Luke 23, Mark 15, Matthew 27, prayer, relationship, salvation, silence, space, The Seven Words from the Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ, trust
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Lent 2012: Day Twenty
John 7:51 ‘Our law does not judge people without first giving them a hearing to find out what they are doing, does it?’ Three days of verses on the Sabbath, and now the Lectionary has brought me back to the chapter … Continue reading →
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Television
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Tagged authority, Closer, fundamentalism, heart, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John 7, judgement, lectionary, Lent 2012, Life, Listening, living water, Nicodemus, peace, power, Ratatouille, respect, Shawn McDonald, Son of Man, stereotypes, truth, water
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The Value of Silence
A friend of mine from London sent me a book in October called Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith by Kathleen Norris. I’ve been dipping in and out of it since, and remembered this afternoon that she had written a … Continue reading →
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Book Quotes, Christianity, Deep Thinking, Sermon Reflections
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Tagged Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith, Anglican Communion, Anglicanism, children, Church, communication, communion, community, diversity, Exodus 14, General Synod, God, health, holiness, Kathleen Norris, Listening, peace, Rowan Williams, sharing, silence, Silence and Honeycakes, sound, stress, tired, unity, whole, world
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Shine as a Light in the World
After writing a sermon last week, I enjoyed writing another one last night… First Reading – Daniel 7.13-14 As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a human being coming with the clouds of heaven. And he … Continue reading →
Expression
Yesterday I spoke of dancing as a way of expression. Dancing (as personalised movement rather than stuck repeated sequences) is a personal favourite of mine, as is music, both of which I personally can only submerse myself in completely when … Continue reading →
Posted in Christianity, Deep Thinking, Music
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Tagged art, body, dance, drawing, emotion, expression, feel, free, Listening, music, piano, postaday2011, soul, writing
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Dance Freely
Today I took time to sit down with a novel. It is The Return by Victoria Hislop, which I saved from the charity pile which my parents formed when they sorted through their books from the attic. Published in 2008, … Continue reading →
Posted in Book Quotes, Christianity
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Tagged dance, expression, feel, free, Listening, music, postaday2011, soul, Spain, The Return, Victoria Hislop
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The Wilderness
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods; There is a rapture on the lonely shore; There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more… … Continue reading →
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Photos
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Tagged calling, discovery, escape, God, Jan L. Richardson, Jesus Christ, journey, Listening, Lord Byron, Matthew 4, nature, pathways, Paulo Coelho, postaday2011, self-discovery, stillness, Wendy Wright, wilderness
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Three Little Birds
Sat in my back garden in the late afternoon I enjoyed bathing in the warm sunlight and reading some books. It’s great to relax a little this holiday, and really do things that I love. Reading is a big one … Continue reading →
Posted in Music
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Tagged Bob Marley, breathing, Listening, postaday2011, reading, Three Little Birds
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