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Web-pastorate
I've now lost count of the number of people who have suggested that I am the person for the Web Pastor job which the Diocese of Oxford are setting up.I suspect that there is an interesting job to be done in the Diocese of Oxford. Whether it is possible to set up a church which…
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New Bin Days
Here is a piece of wisdom from Stirling Council, who are changing refuse collection days:For some households their new bin day may be the same as their old one.
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The Dreamers
Went to the Macrobert cinema last night to see The Dreamers – set in Paris in 1968. I was reminded that one of the people I trained for the priesthood, who now also works in this diocese, who often said that my true millieu was the Left Bank in '68. I suspect that he thought that I…
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Big Ben
I wonder why no-one has offered to resign over the protesters climbing Big Ben yesterday in the middle of the greatest security alert that Britain has ever been in the middle of. I would have thought that someone was responsible – some police-person if not David Blunkett himself. Strange.
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Guest Sermon Slot
I'm not preaching today – someone else has kindly offered to do so.So here is a guest preacher, who begins his sermon on the Prodigal thus: The story of the Prodigal Son is most often seen in personal, psychological ways, as a story of family pathos. A self-centered child runs away from home, sows his…
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I've just discovered rss
I've installed an aggregator. What wonderful time saving software – I wonder why i never used one before. Well actually, I think I did try one last year, but it did not work. An aggregator is used to monitor all the blogs and websites which one might have an interest it, polling them every hour…
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Medical Report
Many thanks to all who have sent good wishes and offers to help whilst I have been laid low this week. I'm now starting to get back to normal.For those who are interested, I've had plantar fasciitis and very painful and debilitating it has been for three days. The treatment, recommended by my doctor, was…
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School of Prayer – 17 March 2004 Cancelled
The meeting of the School of Prayer tonight is postponed. I'm not well and likely to be off work for a couple of days.
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Cross listing
I find myself starting to be listed on other people's blogs – most notably this week the textweek blog. Textweek is an excellent collection of resources for preachers. I post sermons after the event – www.textweek.org has lots of links to people who post before the Sunday in question.I wonder how many get abuse because…
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