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Continue reading →: Launde Abbey Retreat – Day 2 updateWithin 24 hours of my arrival I have read (reread) 2 complete books: The Badly Behaved Bible by Nick Page and How to be a bad Christian by Dave Tomlinson Both these authors have been hugely influential in shaping my thoughts about my faith and I would heartily recommend both…
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Continue reading →: Launde Abbey RetreatI’ve just arrived at Launde Abbey where I’m staying until Friday. I’m not on holiday though. Launde Abbey is a Christian retreat centre and I’m here to do some work. For a while I’ve been thinking about writing down what it is that I believe and, equally importantly, what I…
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Continue reading →: Credo January 2025Here’s my latest Credo article featured in today’s edition of the Newark Advertiser In addition to the Newark Advertiser there’s another newspaper that has a weekly ‘Credo’ column. You may have heard of it. It’s called The Times. One Saturday a few weeks ago the column in The Times was…
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Continue reading →: Christmas Day Service 2024Unfortunately our service on Christmas morning did not happen due to a problem with a flat tyre meaning I couldn’t get there. For those who may be interested – this is what I would have been saying. Mark Readings John 1: 1-14 1 In the beginning the Word already existed; the…
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Continue reading →: The SanctuaryOn Friday 13 September, from 2-4 pm, we are launching a new initiative we are calling The Sanctuary. From that date the church will be open every Friday from 2 to 4 pm as a quiet space where anyone can pop in and enjoy some time for themselves. Should anyone…
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Continue reading →: Sunday Service – 11 August 2024It’s been a while since I posted one of my services but I think this one is important. Call to worship Strangers meet.Oil and grain turn to bread.The sick are healed.The weary are lifted up.The prisoners are set free.The everyday becomes a miracle.This is God’s work.We are its witnesses.Let us…
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Continue reading →: Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast – Dave TomlinsonI have written a few times about the Mid-Faith Crisis Podcast with Nick Page and Joe Davis. I highly recommend it at all times but the latest podcast features a friend of our Church, Dave Tomlinson, who is speaking about his new book – OMG A Bad Christian’s Book of…
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Continue reading →: Credo June 2024Here’s my latest article for the Newark Advertiser – published today. I wrote this article around 10 years ago, and at the time the person coordinating the articles on behalf of Churches Together in Newark wouldn’t pass it forward for publication because it was “very unorthodox and would not be…
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Continue reading →: Credo May 2024Here’s my latest article for the Newark Advertiser’s Credo column I’d be interested to hear your reaction. Mark My all-time favourite television show is The West Wing. For those who don’t know it’s about a fictional US President, Josiah Bartlet, played by Martin Sheen. He’s a great President. If only…
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Continue reading →: PLUMHALL in concertOn Saturday 13 April we are delighted to host the latest in our series of musical events in the church hall when Plumhall are our visitors, fresh from their 30-date tour with the Legendary Fairport Convention. Plumhall (Michelle Plum and Nick B Hall) are critically-acclaimed songwriters from the UK, using…
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