I’ve been inspired recently by a number of books/reports/conversations about the future of the church. In particular I just finshed the CofE Report from a few years ago ‘Mission-Shaped Church’. I…
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Recently I’ve been thinking about heaven. It’s a word often used lightly: ‘this ice cream is just heaven’, a good holiday retreat is ‘heavenly’, even Belinda Carlise sang ‘ooh heaven is…
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I’ve had a lovely few days enjoying the sunshine and the start of the Easter hols with my kids. And after ‘the disappointment’ from last week I’ve taken a few days…
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So last weekend the papers were full of articles about Mothers, Motherhood and Mothering, from every angle possible… I read them with some interest and increasing annoyance. Everyone has an opinion on…
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So… I’m onto section F of the Selection Criteria for the Church of England: Leadership & Collaboration. I thought this would be a category I would fly through. I have had…
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Whilst sorting through the blog I came across this photo which I was going to post ages ago when I finished my grand clear out (both physically and mentally!). I never…
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Can I ask you all something? How does one receive a compliment well? gracefully and yet not puffed up, accepting but not proud? I think this is almost harder for Christians…
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Third and last part of answering Phaedrus’ questions… When it comes to things like the Tsunami, we can predict with 100% accuracy that god will not intervene in anyway. Why is…
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Part 2 of the questions raised by Phaedrus in my previous post ‘What kind of God let’s that happen?’ Another answer is that divine intervention on such a large scale would…
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After my post on ‘What kind of God let’s that happen?‘ I was challenged on the purpose and effect of prayer, amongst other things. It challenged me enough to make me think…