Readings: Exodus 36:1 – 5, Matthew 16:13-20 Today is our patronal festival, the day we remember St Edward the Confessor whom the church is named after and in the last few…
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Christianity Church of England & Ministry Prayer Sermons & Scripture SliderPride, Riots and Glitter
On Saturday I went to church. I was filled with joy, felt the love of God so much that it made me cry, blessed people, we sung together with hearts filled…
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Sermon from St Edward’s 24th April 2022, as we begin our vision process. Readings: Acts 2:37-37 and Matthew 16:13-20 As I have been preparing and praying about this vision process I…
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This week my church announced we are appointing a female incumbent. We have had female clergy before (including me of course) but never a woman completely in charge. I understand that…
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I like to think I’m pretty open and honest in my writing. I want to share my experiences that they might encourage others, I want to give a picture of real…
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In Matt’s first book Becoming Reverend he quipped: …I’ll be a force for positive change in the Church of England, but could end up defrocked by my second year. Thankfully for us he…
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Christianity Church of England & Ministry SliderLife is like someone’s licked all the chocolate off my biscuit
For months I’ve been trying to work out how I’m feeling. Trying to rationalise and reflect on how I’m coping with ministry in the pandemic. I’ve read lots of opinion pieces…
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One of the things I love about the Church of England is its breadth – its mix of differing styles of worship; different theological opinions; the old, the new; tradition and…
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The Church of England describes vocation as what we are called to be and to do. I like it. It’s so simple and yet says so much. We are in that we inhabit…
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As you may already know or at least have realised, the current vocational discernment process in the Church of England is going a little bit differently. Perhaps the biggest change during…