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  1. Where is the bread? Where is the cup?

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    April 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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  2. Maundy Thursday, Eucharist, Covid-19

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    April 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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  3. Easter 2020, Covid-19 and the Eucharist

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    April 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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  4. The Form of the Eucharist

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    June 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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  5. But That’s My Pew!

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    April 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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  6. Love or truth?

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    February 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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  7. Strategic Development Bids… playing to our strengths?

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    October 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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  8. Be Perfect…

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    September 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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  9. Onesimus

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    September 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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  10. Compline: the little bird

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    March 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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