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Hope your Christmas Day was as enjoyable as mine. All the usual ingredients: church, presents, a gorgeous meal and time with loved ones. In the evening it was a case of flop before the telly. We had been saving up … Continue reading
Posted in Film Reviews
Tagged Avatar, faith, God, good and evilron, James Cameron, love, Pandora
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Chocolate cake and Kings
Today has been one of those nothing days, you get up, it is light, you sit down, you do one or two emails, you look up and it is dark. And what has been achieved? Nothing very much. Actually that … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged Chocolate cake, Coeliac disease, Divine, engagement, gluten-free, God, Kate Middleton, mystery, Prince William, spirituality, The Force
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Armistice Day
At 11am today millions of people kept a 2mins silence to mark the end of the 1st World War. I looked at my watch too late, but this blog post is a way of remembering all those who die in … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged acceptance, Armistice Day, God, peace, Prayer, Remembrance, spirituality, terrorism, Wars
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WWJD ?
For those in the know about the letters – don’t worry, this is not a rant. The question of what would Jesus say or do to us all in the churches, were he to return today is not such a … Continue reading
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Tagged Compassion, God, Living the Questions, Pope, Progressive Christianity, spirituality, WWJD
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Living the prayer
Tonight’s Living the Questions discussion is about prayer. The course is in general very good, as well as being challenging and downright uncomfortable in places. I think it is useful for us to look carefully at our beliefs and our … Continue reading
Posted in Blog
Tagged doubt, faith, God, hope, Living the Questions, Prayer, spirituality, theology
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Sunday Best
God……… are you there? Or here…….or where? Will you listen to my soul….. or help me find a heart? Lord….. of this day, of my life…. Help me to let go and love and accept and include all your creatures … Continue reading
A lifetime as a woman
A bit obvious you might think – A lifetime as a woman – of course that is what it is. I am not going to get into a discussion of transgender issues, don’t know enough about it. But I do … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Eldership, Equality, God, justice, ordination, secularism, state and Church, women
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A Blessing
This is for everyone, but especially for those who are celebrating Anniversaries and for those who have special sorrows. God’s blessing be yours, and well may it befall you; Christ’s blessing be yours, and may you be well treated; the … Continue reading
Search engines
Search engines have always tended to confuse me. But over the years I have got better at typing in keywords and even phrases or questions, to help me get to the places that will have the information I need. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, blogging
Tagged blogging, dogs, God, internet, keywords, search engines, spirituality
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Another wise saying
I’m with Augustine when he said that if you think you understand God it is not God. In other words, God cannot be fully understood.