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Tag: Thought for the Week

The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost

September 1, 2013
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The installation of Dr Cyndy Lumley as the Principal of Westfield House was a happy event yesterday. A little background … two points … Westfield House is the ELCE’s Theological House of Stud-ies. It began in 1962 and is in a rather special position…

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The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

August 25, 2013
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I’ve been doing a lot of driving recently. I’m used to the roads by and large, only grimace and growl quietly when I get stuck in traffic (not all that often but more than I’d like), and appreciate the time to listen to podcasts,…

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The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

August 18, 2013
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I conducted a wedding last weekend in Scotland. It was a happy occasion (the weather wasn’t raining!) and the bridal party looked splendid (lovely dresses and kilts). The service wasn’t con-ducted at St Columba (the ELCE’s congregation in Scotland) but in the King’s College…

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The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost

August 11, 2013
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So Peter Capaldi is the new Doctor! (My apologies to those who are not into Science Fiction!) I’m impressed and pleased that he has the role – it is an iconic part – and the little I’ve seen him, I’ve been happy enough with…

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The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost

August 4, 2013
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Our sister church in Coventry – Good Shepherd – is going through some tough times. They don’t have a pastor at the moment. (I’m their locum or ‘vacancy pastor’.) Their church building has so badly deteriorated – poor roofing and unstoppable water damage –…

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The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost

July 28, 2013
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The first I heard of it was just as Bible Study was ending. It was a rather cryptic email congratulating me on my namesake! I put two and two together and checked the news. Ah, the ease of a smart phone. Yes, the royal…

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The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost

July 21, 2013
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‘What would Luther say?!’ My daughter, Claire, had emailed me a link to a news item this week. It was the recent announcement by the Vatican that those attending the forthcoming Catholic World Youth Day in Brazil – which is a week long event…

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The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost

July 14, 2013
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From John Kleinig’s essay ‘What’s the use of praising God?’ … (which is reprinted in a booklet in the foyer) … The praise of the triune God in the church dif-fers from the acts of praise in all other religions because it is based…

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The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost

June 30, 2013
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My background before entering the seminary was theatre – some acting but mainly lighting and some sound and stage management. I have to be careful as a pastor not to turn every-thing, especially worship, into a performance. There’s only one actor on the ‘worship…

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The 5th Sunday after Pentecost

June 23, 2013
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MAJAX can either mean Major Accident Response Procedure or Major Incident Plan (and I don’t know how the letters became MAJAX) and it is used in the local hospitals to test how hospital per-sonnel respond to emergencies. This version I think was developed at…

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