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People of faith, hope and love: Address to Annual Meeting 2019
Our nation is going through a time of deep challenge and great uncertainty at the moment. Parliament is deeply divided over what to do about leaving the European Union. Passions are high among the wider population and all sorts of … Continue reading
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Tagged 10 core principles for Christian living, APCM, Faith, hope, Love
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‘Everything’s turning turtle’: Hope in dark times
Throughout Lent we have been exploring themes arising from the recent film ‘Mary Poppins Returns’. This picks up the story when the children in the first film have grown up. Michael, the young boy, now has a family of his … Continue reading
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Tagged hope, Jesus, Love, Mary Poppins Returns, Mothering Sunday, Presence
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When praise becomes blessing
In an interview with the Christian broadcasting station ‘Premier Radio’ Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, revealed that he speaks in tongues when he prays first thing in the morning. This is a spiritual practice associated with the charismatic traditions … Continue reading
Power of Love shown at Pentecost
I don’t know if you have been using the ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ material over the last ten days, from Ascension to today. This has been encouraging us to pray, to open our hearts to the life and love of God … Continue reading
Advisory: This sermon contains nuts – Julian of Norwich and the Command to Love
On our way back from an Easter break in Norfolk, we called in at the Church of St Julian in Norwich. This is where the medieval mystic Mother Julian of Norwich had her cell as an anchorite. This meant that … Continue reading
A narrative of hope: the treasure we share in the public square
Many people have found this a difficult week. The terror attack in Manchester on Monday, which killed 22 people, the youngest of which was just 8 years old, has shocked, appalled and deeply disturbed practically everyone. No one I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Compassion, Evil, hope, Living narrative of hope, Love, Manchester Attack
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What will survive of us is love
Just over a week ago, on Friday 2nd December, the anniversary of his death, a memorial to the poet Philip Larkin was unveiled in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey. At the bottom are inscribed the final two lines from his … Continue reading
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Tagged Advent 3, An Arundel Tomb, Homeless, Human Rights, Love, Meaning of Christmas, Philip Larkin
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