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Darkness and Death; Colour and Life

While it seems no time since Christmas, we are already in Lent, and in order to have Easter cards ready for distribution to the Parish at the right time, they have just been ordered from the printer. That has meant … Continue reading

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Ash Wednesday Reflection

The PDF file attached is the reflection for our Ash Wednesday service at 9pm in Priestfield Church Hall. 021313 Ash Wednesday

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Ash Wednesday – 13 February

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‘Come and See’

At Priestfield we are studying John’s Gospel between Christmas and Easter and I produced a small lenten resource based on readings in John called ‘Come and See.’ You can find a PDF version of it here to download if you … Continue reading

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‘…I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.’

Today, the Chaplaincy Team had the joy of visiting the base of the RC Chaplaincy – St Albert the Great, run by the Dominican Order. In the garden, a stunning  new Chapel has been built to accommodate a lively worshipping … Continue reading

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How God Became King – 3 Inadequate answers.

I am posting this because I signed up for a reading group called ‘Let the reader understand’ which is first of all reading and reflecting on Tom Wright’s (NTW) book How God became King, so to help me get a handle on … Continue reading

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‘That woman has some big heart.’

That’s what we said when we saw the BBC’s DIY SOS Big Build from Huntingdon. ‘That woman’ is Julie Jones, a single mother with three grown up sons whose best friend was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour. But before … Continue reading

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How God became King – 2

I am posting this because I signed up for a reading group called ‘Let the reader understand’ which is first of all reading and reflecting on Tom Wright’s (NTW) book How God became King, so to help me get a handle … Continue reading

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One year on

This time last year, ie in the dying hours of 2011, I decided to become a blogger. Not the weekly Church Newsletter (Connections) blog, but a real Internet blog. Since then I’ve written 35 or so blog entries so am … Continue reading

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How NT Wright Stole Christmas

I’m passing on this interesting blog that goes back a few years but is worth the read on how one of my favourite authors, NT Wright, has challenged our stock view of the Christmas Story. http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/

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