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Magnificent. Not a word most of us would identify with but I’ve heard it twice over the Christmas season in different contexts. Firstly a Church of England bishop thanked his diocesan staff for their work throughout the year in a…
Sneaking a peek over God’s shoulder to see what He is up to: thoughts on future church
Sneaking a peek over God’s shoulder to see what He is up to: thoughts on future church
Broad-shouldered, muscly men walked faster. One crossed to the other side of the unlit path to avoid me. I’m not surprised. I was a bit worried too. I’d started involuntarily talking out loud to God, expressing my frustration and sense…
Easy-to-organise last-minute creativity for a Christmas service if you’re pressed! Goes well with Luke 2:8-20 (or radical choice – instead of!). “We’re the unsung heroes, you know…No one gives us the blindest bit of notice. You’d think we were dirt,…
Mary and her Mum Christmas 2013 Quick-and-easy (although best if well-rehearsed) sketch on newness and change for your Christmas service picking up Messianic prophecies… Aftertones of weepy mother-daughter bonding sessions. Goes well with the annunciation reading… A: Mary…. B: What?…
Foreseeing: a Christmas reflection Luke 2:19 At the Bath and Wells Clergy Gathering Matt Harvey our poet-in-residence talked to us about the Norwegian concept of ‘kenning’. I’d never heard of it before – the art of ‘describing a physical object…