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Tag Archives: Rowan Williams
Original Beauty
Oh I’m enjoying this time off. Back to studying on Monday but these two days (and looking forward to tomorrow) have been wonderful, and I’m looking forward to a long summer after my final A-Level exam. What have I done … Continue reading
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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Lent 2012: Day Twenty-Five
John 9:17 So they said again to the blind man, ‘What do you say about him? It was your eyes he opened.’ He said, ‘He is a prophet.’ Tonight’s passage is that of Jesus healing the blind man. And of Jesus … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking
Tagged Anglican Communion, Anglican Covenant, beauty, calling, Christians, Church, diversity, failure, God, healing, Henri J M Nouwen, humanity, humility, Jesus Christ, John 9, law, Lent 2012, Life, Love, peace, priesthood, prophet, respect, Rowan Williams, Sabbath, self, sin, skin, success, The Wounded Healer, vocation, world
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Lent 2012: Day Sixteen
Hebrews 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. This passage reminds me of the recent debate between Rowan Williams and Richard Dawkins. I remember Richard saying that he saw the idea of … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Television
Tagged Anglicanism, BBC - Catholics, Church, communion, community, creation, divorce, equality, Eucharist, framework, God, Hebrews 3, International Women's Day, Lent 2012, liberalism, marriage, peace, Pope, Richard Dawkins, Roman Catholic Church, Rowan Williams, women, world
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Lent 2012: Day Ten
Galatians 5:18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. We’ve had a lot of trouble as the human race haven’t we? We really do struggle to find a harmonious way to live. Well … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love, Music, Poetry, Television
Tagged A Margin of Silence, college, community, Galatians 5, God, harmony, he who would valiant be, Holy Spirit, humanity, hymn, law, Lent 2012, Light, mystery, natural, oh happy day, peace, pilgrim, Rowan Williams, shine, strength, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, unity, William Blake, world
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Lent 2012: Day Two
Luke 9:23 Then he said to them all, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. Last night at the 8pm service, Fr David preached a wonderful sermon about … Continue reading
Silence Conclusions
I’ve drawn to the end of the time I allotted myself for my thinking/reading/writing project on silence. And so come my conclusions… I feel that I’ve learnt a lot. My journey over the last ten days has been more of … Continue reading
Art and Creativity
Still reading my three books with the theme of silence, I’m thinking quite a lot about art and creativity today. There’s one picture in Rowan’s “A Margin of Silence”, at the beginning and the end. It is of a painting, Le Saint Esprit according … Continue reading
Communion
Glanced to the back cover of “A Margin of Silence” to see a description of the Anglican Communion: …one of the ‘instruments of communion’ which holds Anglicans in ‘bonds of affection’… I’m afraid we haven’t seen a lot of that … Continue reading
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