Category: The Church
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7. The challenge of the new
November 2014 I draw a number of conclusions from all this: 1] Most of the above take place outside the structures of the institutional churches. 2] They incarnate a face of God other than that incarnated by the church. 3] They often involve men and women of deep faith taking risks, stepping out into the…
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6. What is God doing?
November 2014 My ministry means that I listen to people trying to hear and respond to what God is calling them to. Not altogether surprisingly there is a deal of common ground: God does not appear to be calling people in completely random directions. There are certain themes that emerge, and I begin to wonder…
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5. Who might save the Church?
November 2014 There was an article on the BBC News web-site recently which began “The Bishop of Truro has said the Church of England has only “five or six years” to save itself’: “radical changes” were needed to halt a “steady decline” he said, and ‘the Church of England will struggle to exist in 10…
A CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUALITY 