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Continue reading →: Credo – August 2019
Here is my latest ‘Credo’ article for the Newark Advertiser, published today. Mark In April 1961 cosmonaut Uri Gagarin became the first man to go into space. He reached a height of around 300 km, did one orbit of the earth and then descended to Earth. Just one month later…
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Continue reading →: Pub TheologyHere’s a really good article in the Newark Advertiser about our Pub Theology sessions. Why not come along and see what it’s like? Next session Thursday 27 June and then the last Thursday in each month. A beer and the big questions please landlord — theology over a pint By…
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Continue reading →: Credo – May 2019Here is my latest article for the ‘Credo’ column in the Newark Advertiser. It appeared in today’s edition. I have just submitted my last pieces of coursework for my Theology degree. If I’ve been successful I will graduate with a BA in October. It has taken me 6 years of…
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Continue reading →: Credo – March 2019Here’s my latest Credo article – due to appear in the Newark Advertiser this week. I am writing this on the weekend before we are due to find out what is going to happen with Brexit. There is to be a second vote on Theresa May’s ‘deal’ on 12 March,…
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Continue reading →: Church LibraryA new facility for all users of our hall (and members of our church.) We are developing a library of books about religion and Christianity for anyone who might be interested in finding out more. They are free for anyone to borrow – all that we ask is that you…
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Continue reading →: Film ClubOur latest Film Club session saw us talking about ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri’. It has to be said at the outset that if you are offended by bad language then this might not be the film for you. But if you are prepared to put up with that (and…
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Continue reading →: Credo – January 2019Here’s my New Year Credo article as seen in the Newark Advertiser Mark “Marley was dead, to begin with.” Sometimes an author comes up with a first line that is so memorable that almost everyone knows it and can tell you the title of the book just from those few…
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Continue reading →: Café ChurchAt our monthly Café Church last weekend we looked at what we could learn about our faith from the book and film ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe’ What a strange thing to find in the middle of a Forest – a lamppost. It just doesn’t happen does it?…
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Continue reading →: A Poem
I’ve recently come across this poem by Brian Bilston that I wanted to share. Refugees They have no need of our help So do not tell me These haggard faces could belong to you or me Should life have dealt a different hand We need to see them for who…
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Continue reading →: Credo
Here’s my latest article for the ‘Credo Column in the Newark Advertiser. Last August I wrote in ‘Credo’ about a new initiative that I wanted to try out in Newark – Pub Theology. At the time, whilst I knew that I wanted to give it a go and I thought…
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