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Category Archives: Reflection
Reflection on ‘Betrayal’ for Holy Week; Wednesday 5th April 2023
Betrayal can leave us feeling understandably bitter: but bitterness is corrosive emotionally and spiritually Continue reading
Posted in Holy Week Reflections, Reflection, sermon
Tagged betrayal, forgiveness, judas
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Reflection on ‘Fame’ for Holy Week: Tuesday 4th April 2023
No matter how famous we are, only God truly knows us and wants to live with us forever. Continue reading
Posted in Holy Week Reflections, Reflection, sermon
Tagged fame, retreats, social media, working from home
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The Power of Names
God knows each of us by name, even if the world deems us worthless or worthy of destruction Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Reflection
Tagged bible, God, holocaust, jerusalem, names
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Switch Off and #TouchGrass
It’s easy to forget we are a miraculous species in a universe of wonder. Sometimes we need to switch off and #TouchGrass. Continue reading
Posted in Reflection
Tagged #TouchGrass, astronomy, digital overload, nature, night sky
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Good Enough for God?
The Church of England has set itself the task of becoming younger and more diverse. On the surface, nobody could object to this. Scratch deeper and this objective is riddled with problematic assumptions. Continue reading
A Season of New Life
This article first appeared in the April 2021 edition of the parish magazine of St John with St Mary, Devizes. I went for a very long walk earlier this week, even by my standards. A whopping 43 km (27 miles … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Reflection
Tagged parish, pilgrimage, renewal
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New Life After A Sojourn in the Wilderness
This article first appeared in the March 2021 edition of the parish magazine of St John with St Mary, Devizes. Although summer remains far away and we could yet be overtaken by a genuinely cold snap or even snow, the … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, COVID19, Reflection
Tagged easter, wilderness, worship
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Building A Country Fit for Pandemic Heroes
This article first appeared in the February 2021 edition of the parish magazine of St John with St Mary, Devizes. This time of the year always provides a strange intermezzo in the Church’s liturgical cycle. The long forty days of … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, COVID19, Reflection
Tagged anglican social policy, article, heroes, william temple
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Touched by an Angel?
Did angels push me and my bike into the Kennet & Avon Canal so I would do a social media detox? Does saying this imply I hit my head on the bottom when I fell in? Thoughts for Michaelmas. Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Reflection
Tagged angels, article, articles, devizes, prevenient grace
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Cassettes, Communion, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Online Worship isn’t the Answer to Everything
Young people are getting back into cassettes and compilations; whatever merits it has, online worship can’t be the future of the Church, at least not on its own. Continue reading
Posted in Anglicanism, Christianity, COVID19, Evangelism, Prayer and Worship, Reflection
Tagged anglican, anglicanism, christian, christianity, church of england, compilations, coronavirus, cyberculture, hooked on a feeling i'm high on believing, mixtapes, online worship, prayer, reflections, religion, worship
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