I have recently read with great interest a highly stimulating guide to funerals by Thomas G. Long, a Professor of
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The joy of congregational singing
Christian worship, declared Karl Barth, “is the most momentous, the most urgent, the most glorious action that can take place
Continue readingNot I but the grace of God
On Sunday 11 October there will be special service of Evensong in Chelmsford Cathedral to mark the fiftieth anniversary of
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When not preaching away, I have enjoyed being an ordinary ‘punter’ on a Sunday at Chelmsford Cathedral, which in my
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My latest book, Fifty Lessons in Ministry: Reflections after Fifty Years in Ministry has recently been published by Darton, Longman
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My latest book, Fifty Lessons in Ministry: Reflections after Fifty Years in Ministry has recently been published by Darton, Longman
Continue readingBooks for Today – September 2020
My book of the month is Through a Glass Darkly: Journeys through Science, Faith and Doubt (Hodder & Stoughton 2020.
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In his collection of wide-ranging ordination addresses, On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards, the last metaphor for ‘priesthood’
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Stephen Cottrell in his recent book On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards, devotes a good deal of space
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In reading Stephen Cottrell’s challenging book, On Priesthood, I discovered that the subtitle, Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards is
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