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Monthly Archives: April 2024
Jesus is coming, look busy: onwards with Living in Love and Faith?
There used to be bumper stickers with the message, ‘Jesus is coming – look busy!’ Leaving aside the dodginess of that idea – and here I’d mention the Archbishop of York’s counter-argument, Do Nothing to Change Your Life: Discovering What Happens … Continue reading
Surviving Soul Survivor
I want to start with a disclosure. While I think I had at least heard the clever title, I knew nothing about Soul Survivor until the early 2000s. I had assumed it was some sort of cult thing, probably to … Continue reading
Posted in preaching, Safeguarding
Tagged Matt and Beth Redman, Mike Pilavachi, Nine O'Clock Service, soul survivor
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Not the Usual Suspects
It’s rare in my experience of the Church of England to find myself quoted by those higher up the food chain. When I was called to speak at the July Synod, I observed that ‘Notice Paper V – which sets … Continue reading
Posted in equal marriage, General Synod, Living in Love and Faith, marriage
Tagged CEEC, Eeva John, stakeholder groups
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