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Sermon – 22 February 2004
I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? We are allowed just one snippet of Joseph?s saga before Lent begins and it is the bit where he reveals himself to his brothers. ?I am Joseph? and reveals his longing for news of home. ?Is my father still alive??
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Satire Round Up
Time for a round up of church satire online.The Frankly Unfriendly Catholics are well represented on the net with their page – linked hereThe Most Holy Church of Rockall – Autocephalous and Autocratic since AD 50 has a splendid picture on its website – linked here. They also have an up to date news service…
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Phew
Phew – well, that is Edinburgh sorted, thank goodness. I was doing a repeat of the workshop on sexuality that I did in St Saviour’s just before Christmas. I am always surprised that people have never thought that there are some very different ways of decision making – different ethical moods – at work in…
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Missionary Position
In addition to working at the University of Stirling today, I'm going to Edinburgh on missionary service. The people there need someone to teach them about human sexuality you see.1730 in the Cornerstone Bookshop. Be there or know nothing!More details on this poster
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Shrove Tuesday
It occurred to me yesterday that the Shrove Tuesday thing in the supermarkets really is strange. The idea of pancake day was to use up all your eggs before Lent. Now we are encouraged to buy all the ingredients in order to use them up again. The genius of late western capitalism frying in a…
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Supermarket Religion
It seems to me as though the supermarket over the road follows the liturgical year with more zeal than many Episcopalians. They do have a tendency to celebrate things a bit early and also to celebrate more than one thing at once. This post-modern trend might be where the church is heading, of course.Last Saturday…
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No Sermon
I was not preaching this week, I was baptising a child instead, so there is no sermon to post.Instead, how about the Prayer over the Water. It is worth mulling over.Lord God, well-spring of life, in your love and justice, you use the gift of water to declare your saving power.
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14 February 2004
How many? One, since you ask.
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Anglican Identities by Rowan Williams
The title seems to promise all. What does Rowan Williams think of the varying Anglican Identities which he encounters in his role as Archbishop of Canterbury? Many of us would like to know the answer to this. However, we will not find them by reading this book.Instead, we have a collection of Archbishop Rowan?s theological…
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Songs of Praise: A Lent and Easter Companion by Andrew Barr
Songs of Praise is already a successful brand name and must be well on its way to becoming a denomination. With a weekly televised worship experience, a new monthly Songs of Praise magazine and now liturgical books following the church year, it can only be a matter of time before people are given the opportunity…