Category: Jesus
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161 Midwife God this Christmas
Above is a Christmas card given to me many years ago by Janet Driver, I recently re-discovered it and made a connection with image below, which might be of a Quaker meeting, but could equally of be wherever two or three are gathered together.
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158 So many other worlds
Early this September I spent a week alone in my friend Andy’s cabin on the Gower coast as I have done for some years. It was a rich and nourishing week as it always has been. On my last night I slept well as I usually do. I woke at 3.40 restless at the prospect…
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156. Isn’t it easy to believe in God
My friend Keith Griffin has sent me an article he’s written. I’ve found it an exciting & hopeful read and he’s agreed that I can add it to this blog. Thank you Keith. “In thirty years of parish ministry what I valued most of all was the freedom to work across a whole range of…
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155 Thy Kingdom comes
What has God revealed to me so far through my prayer and life experience? I am ambivalent about writing these words, who am I to do so? We each have unique insights to share with others. I have a friend who can tell what’s wrong with the engine of a car simply by listening to…
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153 A Feral Icon?
The Bible has significant references to boats. The most familiar being the Ark into which Noah and his family took two of every species of animal to survive the Flood and then repopulate the Earth. It was a place of refuge & renewal. Boats feature in the Gospels too. Jesus called some of His first…
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148 Holy Week and Easter
One way of looking at the Bible is to see it as a description of the many ways that God spoke to a people over a long period of time. To do that is to quickly realise that God is able and willing to speak to us through any and every thing. The challenge then…
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146 A Christmas Tale
As Christmas draws near I am reminded of a story a friend told me last spring about the events that occurred the previous Christmas in the village where he lives on the other side of Bredon Hill. We met again this autumn and he repeated it. This is the story that he shared. There was…
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145 Who was present at the birth of Jesus?
I’ve often been fascinated by the characters artists have shown to be present at Jesus’ birth, who they’ve omitted, and the implications of their choices. Clearly Mary and the baby Jesus are there as the primary characters, and Joseph too, albeit in a less significant role if they took the ‘Virgin Birth’ literally, or in…
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141 Early Morning Walk
I woke early one morning last week, and being wide awake, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to doze off again, I got up and performed my usual morning tasks before getting dressed and going out for my morning walk. It was quieter than usual, and I saw nobody. I decided on a whim, that…
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138 Vote for Jesus
We are soon to have an election, and many people are pressing that it should be about policies and not personalities. I think that Jesus would agree with that. His preaching was not about himself, [He claimed no title save the that of ‘the son of man’] but about what He had learnt of God…
A CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUALITY 