I was very glad that my old friend and parishioner Cliff Morrey continues to wage war against the forces of bureaucracy!
17 households from one str
Durham Miners Gala
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A quiet Saturday has gven me the opportunity to do some thinking and planning for an invitation to preach that has given me a great deal of pride and
Why do people leave the Church?
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I first met Michael Goulder when I was working as a Hospital Chaplain in Birmingham. He was a wonderful and inspiring teacher - I was aware that he h
amazement
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And God is filling me,
though there are times of doubt
as hollow as the Grand Canyon,
still God is filling me.
He is giving me the thoughts of dogs,
In Praise of the train
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It has been quite a week! On the way back from friends in Oxfordshire on Thursday I had a tyre explode .... quite an unpleasant shock! I managed to
How do we treat people?
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I remember that she was the most classless person I ever met. She treated everyone exactly the same, either as friends or as potential friends. She
Better Care for Dementia?
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Dementia services in England are not getting the priority that was promised, the National Audit Office has said.
It urges the Department of Health
Isaac Watts
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Isaac Watts - (1674-1748), English hymn writer
Watts was born July 17, 1674 at Southampton, England, the eldest of nine children. His father was
My favourite politician!
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Climbing the Bookshelves: The Autobiography
by Shirley Williams 432pp, Virago, £20
Few politicians are loved or even liked.Shirley Williams w
The Boundaries of Personal Power
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When we are young, we imagine that we are doing everything ourselves. We have our work because we deserve it. We believe that we generate our
Martin Luther
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Martin Luther (1483-1546)
Martin Luther was born on 10 November 1483 in Eisleben. His father was a copper miner. Luther studied at
A Mission Shaped Church for Older People
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I travelled down from Windsor to London yesterday to share in a conference run by the Church Army and the Leveson Centre to promote our publication A
Lawyers?
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I have always felt a certain amount of ambivalence towards lawyers - based on experience and a little envy at the sheer injustice of a society that pa
Elizabeth Fry
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Elizabeth Fry (nee Gurney) was born in 1780 into a well-to-do Quaker family in Norwich. As a child she did not enjoy the Quaker meetings and m
the genius of Angelou
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temple
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our
Christian Aid
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Travelling in and out of London has given me the time to look and see the power and possibility of advertising!
I have been particularly impressed wit
Is anything private anymore??
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This is a kind of kiss and tell book that both attracts (for the gossip I confess but also the sheer wonder at how on earth he managed to get a
William Wilberforce
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Today the Church gives thanks for the life and work of Wilberforce
William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833) was a British politic
Brooke Foss Westcott
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Today the Church commemorates Westcott. Here is a summary of some of the hihglights of his remarkably high achieving life and ministry. His work cov
Its not what you know but who??
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When John Rae became headmaster of Westminster School in the early Seventies the IRA was regularly setting off devices around Parliament, 200 yar