I was in conversation with Prof John Curtice about the General Election after the Sung Eucharist this morning.
We touched on what might happen at the election, how a UK government is actually formed, will proportional representation ever happen, will the SNP propose another referendum next year and what it is like being John Curtice in the middle of all this.
The conversation was recorded and is available here:
https://vimeo.com/124745987
Christmas Sermons…
Today’s Church Times has reports of several Christmas Day sermons: ‘Atomised’ Britain is urged to seek God’s forgiveness. The full texts of some are available online. Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Wales Bishop of Salisbury Bishop of St A…
“Christ is born and all shall be well” – sounds very like Jeremiah’s “peace, peace”, but there was not peace.
Substance is all important, whether it’s in the content of sermons or websites.
Throughout His life, and especially in His communication with the religious Jesus took great care to communicate substantially lest at the end many should come to Him, saying Lord, Lord and He would then have to say – I don’t know you.
Crowded churches or busy websites in themselves are nothing, as we all know – so let’s not encourage folks to busy themselves with such digressions.
But there are ways in which we should be busying ourselves – Jesus had a lot to say about that – including our presence for worship and even the content of websites!
> Jesus had a lot to say about …. even the content of websites!
Oh no he didn’t!
Kelvin, your understanding of scripture is amazingly narrow, even literalistic – at times!!
That may well be so.
However, I do understand irony.
Here are the posts from this blog that you’ve been most interested in commenting on this year: * Inclusive Language – again (49) * Sermon – 26 September 2010 (46) * Where to find a place to stand? [Papal Visit] (38) * News from the States [Mary Glasspool’s election] (35) * Liturgy Online – again…
Here is what I said in the pulpit on Christmas Day There’s a whole slew of new sermons on the preaching page.
He is come, he is come. Wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. Our God is amongst us.
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