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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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Continue reading →: Desert Island DiscsI think that Desert Island Discs is the best programme on the radio – never miss it. I’ve just caught up with this week’s edition featuring leading cosmologist Professor Carlos Frenk. Cosmologists are scientists who specialise in looking at the origin and evolution of the universe. So there’s a lot…
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Continue reading →: Royal Wedding SermonI wasn’t sure whether I was going to watch the Royal Wedding. But I’m really glad I did. Of course the setting looked glorious in the spring sunshine, the pomp and ceremony were as good as it gets, the music was splendid and the bride looked beautiful (as all brides…
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Continue reading →: The Wonders of Creation
A friend posted this on Facebook. Follow the link and have a look at the video. Looking at the moon through a telescope. Knowing the science behind creation doesn’t stop us from feeling awe and the presence of God. Mark
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Continue reading →: Credo
Here’s the text of the latest in my series of articles for the ‘Credo’ slot in the Newark Advertiser. I am studying for a B.A. degree in Practical Theology at York St John University. 18 months to go and (if I work hard and get the grades) I’ll be graduating.…
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Continue reading →: A Vicar’s LifeHi there In case you haven’t seen it I’d like to bring to your attention a TV programme – ‘A Vicar’s Life’ on BBC 2. A Vicar’s Life The programme follows the working lives of 4 Church of England priests in Herefordshire. Just for once television presents a very positive perspective…
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