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Reflections and Photographs: November 2012
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Wednesday, 28 November 2012. Quote for the Day. God in the child in the manger. God comes. The Lord Jesus comes. Christmas comes. Christians rejoice! To be early with my Nativity scene suddenly seemed a wise, but convicting thought. I had kept it around for the sake of convenience, what about the sake of remembering? Jill Carattini, managing editor of A Slice of Infinity at Ravi Zacharias International Ministries in Atlanta, Georgia - from A Slice of Infinity emailing, 28th November 2012. To her child, s...
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Reflections and Photographs: February 2013
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Tuesday, 26 February 2013. Quote of the Day. Church: a colony of heaven in the country of death, a strategy of the Holy Spirit for giving witness to the already-inaugurated kingdom of God. Eugene Peterson, The Pastor, 110. I like the way this brings together the Already and the Not-Yet. The church is not the kingdom; it is far from perfect. But it is a core element in God's strategy. He then goes on to highlight tow faulty views of church. Links to this post. The grounding of interdependence in marriage ...
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Reflections and Photographs: October 2012
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Saturday, 27 October 2012. Prayers following the Barn Mead fire in Harlow. In this last week great tragedy and grief has struck our town. How do we respond? We respond as God did. God in Christ came amongst us at the first Christmas. As a grown man, he went to the tomb of a friend, and we read ‘Jesus wept’. Weeping is not all Christ did; but that is where he began. In weeping we share in our common humanity. As we allow ourselves to weep and to mourn. We know and see ‘the other’. See the other,. It is ri...
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Reflections and Photographs: September 2013
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Saturday, 7 September 2013. Click here: Prayers for Syria. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Who is Martin Luther? This is the script of this morning's Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme: I went into a bookshop last week to get a book I'd seen reviewed. Angels Unawares: a little riff on Hebrews 13. One of the set readings for this Sunday, whose theme is hospitality, is the beautiful opening of Hebrews 13 which reads: Let brotherly love continue.Be not. Death on Camber Sands.
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Reflections and Photographs: August 2013
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Tuesday, 27 August 2013. Letter to the Harlow Star following the arson attack on the Islamic Centre. Dear Sir or Madam,. This last week we heard the terrible news of the arson attack at the Harlow Islamic Centre. Our hearts go out to our friends and neighbours. We give thanks there was no injury. This is not only an attack on dear friends and neighbours; this is also an attack on us all, for it is an attack on worship, or 'worthship', we might say. Ajaib Hussian, and all the Centre community. Let us ...
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Reflections and Photographs: Seeking justice is 'absolutely central' to Christian faith, says Archbishop
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Monday, 2 December 2013. Seeking justice is 'absolutely central' to Christian faith, says Archbishop. Excellent speech by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Who is Martin Luther? This is the script of this morning's Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4's Today programme: I went into a bookshop last week to get a book I'd seen reviewed. Angels Unawares: a little riff on Hebrews 13. Death on Camber Sands. Windows on the world (407). Viral Video of Humpback Whale. Every four yea...
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Reflections and Photographs: April 2013
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013. Pondering the John Piper mosaic at St Paul's, Harlow. The arts can. re-educate the modern reader of the Bible to read more richly - more traditionally but simultaneously more creatively - than they would otherwise do. They bequeath to us some wonderful exercises in contemplative dwelling in the Bible: inspiring models. Ben Quash, Abiding. He also explores other aspects of 'abiding' cp. John 15. Place (the community of the parish church). Links to this post. Tuesday, 16 April 2013.
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Reflections and Photographs: Don Crane - Loving God, Loving Each Other, and Loving Life: The reward of dwelling with God today!
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Tuesday, 13 August 2013. Don Crane - Loving God, Loving Each Other, and Loving Life: The reward of dwelling with God today! A wonderful story in today's celebrity culture. Don Crane - Loving God, Loving Each Other, and Loving Life: The reward of dwelling with God today! One of my favorite missionary stories is of Henry C. Morrison. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison were faithful missionaries who served the Lord in. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Who is Martin Luther? Angels Unawares: a little riff on Hebrews 13.
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Reflections and Photographs: Human Rights
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Tuesday, 24 June 2014. Much of contemporary debate is framed in terms of Human Rights. But what if someone says there is no such thing as Universal Human Rights? This might be because they reject 'western values', or perhaps because they believe that nothing is 'Universal'. We are stumbling into this again and again in the UK. Debates about schooling and values and the place of women in society come immediately to mind. The House We Have Built, is built with the bricks of Human Rights. There is much,...
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