Changing Beliefs

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How do you change your beliefs about yourself if you want to? This is the last one of a mini-series of posts, running over the last few weeks, from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle about the beliefs we each hold about … [Read more...]

Bible in a Minute

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Have you ever wanted to learn everything and yet nothing about the Bible all at the same time? Then this video is for you. It has been made by Luke Barats and Joe Bereta -- their website is … [Read more...]

Grant us the faith to love you

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Faith is an amazing gift from God. When the Candidates are Presented in the Common Worship Baptism service, we're reminded by the president, as they address the whole congregation, that, “Faith is the gift of God to … [Read more...]

Emperor Bokassa I

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Tomorrow is Palm Sunday, the day Jesus rode into Jerusalem on the back of a colt, and was hailed by the crowds as King (Luke 19:28-40). I've been reading about how Jean-Bedel Bokassa crowned himself as Emperor Bokassa … [Read more...]

Friday Foto

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At this time of year I've become accustomed to thinking about a retreat-cum-pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. Sadly, with the way my health has been in recent weeks, I don't think it's going to happen … [Read more...]

Amazing Love

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In my reflection on the Collect for last Sunday, The Fifth Sunday of Lent, I quoted one of Graham Kendrick's worship songs. It's a song I've liked for a long time, the words are really poignant. I found a version of it … [Read more...]

More on Beliefs

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Can we change our beliefs without betraying ourselves? For the last few weeks, in these posts from Lou Tice at the Winners Circle, I've been including a few of Lou's posts about the beliefs we hold about ourselves. This … [Read more...]

A Bad Day

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Talk about having a bad day; this chap certainly had one - it's hard to imagine how it could get much worse. Judging from some of those insurance claims that get passed around the internet, like, the tree jumped out in … [Read more...]

That we may know eternal peace

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The traditional name for today, The Fifth Sunday of Lent, is Passion Sunday. It marks the beginning of the last two weeks of Lent, traditionally called Passiontide. I think the Roman Catholic Church has, since 1969, … [Read more...]

The Stradivarius

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Do you think it's possible to value something too highly? I do. I came across this piece about one of the greatest musical instruments ever made that illustrates how something can be valued too much -- to the point where … [Read more...]