As part of my fitness regime, I go for a three mile walk two or three mornings a week. As
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Lectio Divina
I despair at the narrow blinkeredness of some of my Evangelical brothers and sisters, and not least their condemnation of
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In many churches today, pulpits are a thing of the past. Most Baptist churches, for instance, have done away with
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In this week’s blog post I want to engage in another ‘commercial’ and publicise a ….page booklet I have just
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In this week’s blog post I want to engage in a ‘commercial’ with a view to publicising a 48 page
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I come from a tradition where personal prayer tends always to be spontaneous and extempore. As a child, apart from
Continue readingBooks for Today – January 2018
My book of the month: Praying Psalms: A Personal Journey through the Psalter (Wipf & Stock, Eugene, Or., 2018. 155pp:
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The flight of Joseph and Mary together with the baby Jesus is well and truly celebrated in the Coptic Church
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In the church calendar December 28 is the Day of the Holy Innocents – the day when children were massacred
Continue readingThe shepherds – a Christmas Day sermon
As turkey and Christmas pudding belong together, so too do the shepherds and the baby Jesus. Christmas without “shepherds abiding
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