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Where is the bread? Where is the cup?
Leave a commentApril 8, 2020 by Worship, Community, Formation
The ‘rules’ of communion assume something that today we don’t have. That thing is a gathered community. We may not …
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Maundy Thursday, Eucharist, Covid-19
Leave a commentApril 8, 2020 by Worship, Community, Formation
Following my post on worship earlier this week, I’ve come across this order of service for Maundy Thursday offered by …
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Easter 2020, Covid-19 and the Eucharist
Leave a commentApril 5, 2020 by Worship, Community, Formation
Covid-19 has killed the Eucharist. Dare we see it resurrected? A week today it will be Easter. An extraordinary day …
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The Form of the Eucharist
Leave a commentJune 27, 2018 by Worship, Community, Formation
At Monday night’s lecture we heard about desire, the fact that desire, well ordered, is a spiritual and Godly thing, …
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But That’s My Pew!
Leave a commentApril 8, 2018 by Worship, Community, Formation
Where do you sit when you worship? Same place every time? Do you secretly have your ‘own pew’ or your …
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Love or truth?
Leave a commentFebruary 26, 2017 by Worship, Community, Formation
We talk about Christian things – but we don’t often talk like Christians. Ian Paul wrote on his blog the …
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Strategic Development Bids… playing to our strengths?
Leave a commentOctober 11, 2016 by Worship, Community, Formation
As I write, a load of dioceses – I have no idea how many – will be shaping their latest …
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Be Perfect…
Leave a commentSeptember 25, 2016 by Worship, Community, Formation
Two great Birmingham bloggers (Paula Gooder and Jessica Foster) have posted this weekend on Matthew 5.48: Be perfect, therefore, as …
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Onesimus
Leave a commentSeptember 4, 2016 by Worship, Community, Formation
Paul’s letter to Philemon is a hidden treasure; and the real gift is the mysterious figure of Onesimus. I …
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Compline: the little bird
Leave a commentMarch 27, 2016 by Worship, Community, Formation
‘Into your hands O Lord, I commit my spirit. Do you know Compline? I imagine most reading this do. I …
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