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A reply to an Enquirer
Dear Enquirer Thanks again for posting such thoughtful questions. (See here). You said: The question that comes to mind is, “Does God approve of all sincere love relationships because he is, after all, love in His very essence?” I am not so sure. Say, for example, my marriage was in serious trouble and I began…
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Comment, comments, comments
I’ve turned moderation on for my comments for a couple of weeks. That means that if you post a comment, then I have to approve it before it gets posted. It is probably worth saying right now what kinds of comments that will get deleted without question. (And I’ve received more than my fair share…
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Sermon Posted
I’ve just posted The Rev Ken Shaw’s sermon which he preached yesterday at St Mary’s. To see it, hop over to the preaching page on the Cathedral website.
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We are our own Lambeth Conference
I was struck yesterday whilst taking the midweek Eucharist that we were in effect our own mini Lambeth Conference. After the service, gathered around one table, we were from Nigeria, Scotland, Sri Lanka, England, Wales and we had strong connections with Canada and the US. It is even more real on a Sunday when we…
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In the Press
From the Herald today. “Rev Holdsworth said: “The congregation is delighted to be able to welcome him. It is an uncontroversial invitation from the congregation. Bishop Gene Robinson is one of the best preachers in the world and we are looking forward to hearing him. “The good news of the gospel is that everyone is…
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Archbishop Fred Hiltz, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
It was good to have Archbishop Fred Hiltz here this morning. He is the Primate of the Anglican Church fo Canada and along with all the rest of them is going down to the Lambeth Conference on Tuesday. They are going by bus. Imagine, 12 Hours in a bus full of bishops and their spouses…
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Information and Communication
This time last week, I was with the Vestry on an Awayday. Well, it was a Stayathomeday really as we did not go far, but it was a day together discussing things that matter most. On of the topics that we gave quite a lot of time to is the subject of Communications. We discovered…
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"… but could you be wrong?"
I’ve received the following comment from Steven in Northern Ireland. It was posted at the end of the long debate about the Gene Robinson announcement. I thought it was worth putting in a new post and keeping the comments separate. Dear Kelvin I would like to compliment you on the quality of the debate within…
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