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I wish I had the time to do a research project on building healthy decision making processes in church life. It seems to me that a fundamental question is how we use patterns of democracy in decision making. People often pray for the involvement of the Holy Spirit or for God’s guidance at church meetings…

By the way, Archers fans, can someone tell me…Has Jazzer always been such a Pantomime Glasgwegian or is it new?  The BBC website seems to suggest that he was born in Borchester in 1984. How come he sounds like he does?

I’m sue to see my new MP sometime next week. I’m pleased about this – after my installation service we met and said that we must meet again sometime soon. I’m impressed that she remembered that conversation and got one of her staff to set up a meeting this week.What niether of us knew  when…

Am having a very butch day off. So far have managed to dispose of:disgusting grill pan (came free with the flat)disgusting oven tray (came free with the flat)very large and bulky computer monitorchair (that came came with the flat)office chair that collapsed when I sat on it yesterdayI’ve also been engaged in building bookcases (well…

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[Well, this is what was supposed to happen…] Bishop Idris is preaching this morning. On the rota (prepared before KH was installed), +Idris is down to preach and KH to celebrate. +Idris is to be invited to celebrate if he wishes as is the courtesy given to a Diocesan Bishop when in his churches. We…

For some reason this year, I never got into Big Brother. Last year I was a devotee, and could be heard opining about the religious nature of the show. (It’s the God Complex we all have…the need to control and manage and to conjure up a controlling managing God when we inevitably fail). I think…

From time to time, I contribute to Wikipedia, particularly the SEC (and related) pages. Several things have interested me on WP this week.Firstly, a little toing and froing about whether the SEC has parishes. It doesn’t have parishes, though some, especially those from outside the province speak rather loosely as though we do. This loose…

What do people actually mean when in a blog entry people ask others to pray for something to happen? Is that in itself a prayer?It puzzles me. 

Every so often, one gets a little blog bonus in life.Take today, for example. I arrived for morning prayer and as I was throwing an interloper out of the car park, I noticed someone who looked as though they really were wanting to visit the cathedral. I opened up and introduced myself. Indeed, the new…