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Tag Archives: vision
An Afternoon with the Dalai Lama
Today I and three friends journeyed to Manchester to, in company with an arena full of 16-25 year olds, hear the Dalai Lama on being the change we want to see in the world. (I took some notes so I … Continue reading
Posted in Deep Thinking, Love
Tagged compassion, Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, determination, fear, future, humanity, motivation, patience, peace, positivity, Russell Brand, society, vision, world, youth
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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
Lent 2012: Day Thirty
John 10:38 But if I do them, even though you do not believe me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in me and I am in the Father. I’ve read lots of passages … Continue reading
Lent 2012: Day Fifteen
Genesis 44:29 If you take this one also from me, and harm comes to him, you will bring down my grey hairs in sorrow to Sheol. Sounds like a bit of a depressing verse doesn’t it? The context to this verse … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Book Quotes, Christianity, Deep Thinking
Tagged afterlife, children, creation, death, equality, freedom, fundamentalism, Genesis 44, God, Hell, Jesus Christ, Joseph of Genesis, Keith Ward, law, Lent 2012, liberalism, peace, Religion, Sheol, sin, suicide, time, unity, vision, What the Bible Really Teaches, world
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The Battle Against Consumerism
Andrew Marr: “What is the point of a once-a-year celebration of consumption and excess in a society entirely dedicated to those broad-buttocked deities month in, month out? Each Christmas we eat too much, drink too much and buy too much. So … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love, Music
Tagged Andrew Marr, blessings, Christmas, community, consumerism, happiness, Jesus Christ, Love, Luke 2, money, Nativity, noise, Oxfam, peace, postaday2011, sharing, Silent Night, Victor Lebow, vision, world, WWJD
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Courage Friends
I said recently in a post that I had been feeling rather hopeless about the world, in that there were a lot of bad things happening across the globe, but that I was holding on to hope for a brighter … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love
Tagged calling, confirmation, courage, fear, God, hope, Life, mission, postaday2011, posters, priesthood, spider analogy, vision, vocation, world, worry
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Salvation
I’m now about a third of the way through Keith Ward’s book, and I’ve got to say, I am getting into it. I don’t agree with everything in the book, but it certainly is a good read, with some really … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Book Quotes, Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love
Tagged 2 Corinthians 13, Bible, choices, communion, community, fundamentalists, God, Grace, harmony, humanity, Jesus Christ, Keith Ward, liberalism, Life, Love, postaday2011, Religion, salvation, sin, Trinity, vision, What the Bible Really Teaches
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A Great Vision
On Monday I decided to pull down the Lectionary and read the readings for this Sunday. I reflected on them and meditated on them for several days, and then wrote a sermon on Friday. I’ve loved it. It’s the first … Continue reading
Posted in *Favourites*, Bible (passages and study), Christianity, Deep Thinking, Love, Sermons (My Own)
Tagged Africa, communion, community, compassion, disciples, Eucharist, feeding, food, Jesus Christ, Love, Matthew 14, miracles, postaday2011, Psalm 145, Schillebeeckx Preface, sermon, sharing, unity, vision, world
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The ‘Active Life’
It isn’t the noise in the streets that keep us from resting, my friend, nor is it the shouts of the young people coming out drunk from “St Paul’s” bar… This comes from the first stanza of Julia Esquivel’s poem … Continue reading
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Tagged America, community, Julia Esquivel, Love, noise, Parker J Palmer, peace, postaday2011, rest, They Have Threatened Us With Resurrection, unity, vision, world
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