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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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Food For Thought: Introduction
Soon I’ll begin publishing a series of “Food For Thought” posts, posts I hope will challenge you. Some of the topics I have chosen will be what some people have come to call “controversial”. But I think the topics I … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Deep Thinking
Tagged controversy, faith, Food For Thought, Latin, Niebuhr, openness, Paul Tillich, Putting Away Childish Things, trust, world
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Oel ngati kameie
My mind’s flown back to Avatar again and again over the past few weeks. I went to the cinema to see it in 3D with my parents, again with some friends, then on TV when it showed on SkyMovies, and … Continue reading
Posted in Deep Thinking, Love, Television
Tagged Avatar, beauty, community, connections, energy, I See You, Life, Oel ngati kameie, openness, soul
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And Let There Be Light
I want to write a bit of a follow up from my blog post yesterday… Mrs Penny was a great reader, and there was a part of us all that was scared of her – she was the headteacher! – … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love
Tagged charity, childhood, children, community, disagreement, growing, Guide Dogs for the Blind, hiding, innocence, Jesus Christ, learning, Love, open, openness, postaday2011, school, sharing, shine, Shine Jesus Shine, war, world
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Open Hands
The second monthly meditation held in my church tonight brought greater numbers with the great breathing space. Beautiful silence, beautiful candle lights, beautiful presence. Oh that was lovely. I look forward to coming together again. We meditated, prayed, with our … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity
Tagged beauty, breathing, Church, Light, meditation, openness, postaday2011, silence, stillness
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Monday Meditation
As 1 of 32 gathered in my Home Parish this evening, we joined in a circle around the altar with a few candles lit to spend half an hour in Monday Meditation. Twenty minutes of silence, five of music, and … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Book Quotes, Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love
Tagged energy, Henri J M Nouwen, hope, Life, meditation, openness, postaday2011, rest, soul, stillness, The Wounded Healer
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Weeds and Wheat
After serving in the 8am service of my Home Parish alongside a fellow ordinand and friend Paul, I heard Fr Simon‘s sermon and then stayed on for Fr David’s sermon at the 9am service in which I helped with the … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Discovering: The Different Isms & Schisms, Love, Music, Poetry, Sermon Reflections
Tagged choices, Church, Diverse in culture nation race, Ecumenism, Fr Chris McCurry, Fr David Stoter, Fr Simon Marsh, free will, judgement, Kingdom of God, liberalism, Love, Matthew 13, openness, peace, postaday2011, Religion, Ruth Duck, St Ann's Roman Catholic Church Cheadle Hulme, The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat
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Rabia Basri
Yesterday I read Looking for Alaska by John Green, and came across many philosophical pages, exploring in depth both the joy and pain of love. One section which has particularly spoken to me is this… Karl Marx famously called religion … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Book Quotes, Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love
Tagged Divine Love, Ephesians 3, God, John Green, Life, Looking for Alaska, openness, opiate, postaday2011, Rabia Basri, saint, Sufism
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An Evening with Kahlil Gibran
Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair but manifestations of strength and resolution. let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love, Photos
Tagged connections, Kahlil Gibran, kindness, Life, Love, openness, postaday2011, strength, togetherness
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