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Friday, March 31, 2017

Protesting Holiness

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It doesn't take much reading of my words to know that I can legitimately be described as a Conservative Christian. If I were in the CofE...
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

So what is the Provisional Mission of St Anselm and St Odile?

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I am grateful to Bishop Damien Mead for putting a link to my potential new Mission in Sheffield  on the Anglican Catholic Church website ...
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Sunday, March 26, 2017

Enslaved Freemen

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Sermon for the Fourth Sunday in Lent Are you free, or are you a slave? It’s a question that seems a bit ridiculous in our society. We h...
Friday, March 24, 2017

The Annunciation : a Rose among the purple

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As we try to continue our self examination and honour the discipline that we have taken on during Lent, into the midst of it comes crash...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Benedictine Divinity versus Theology and Philosophy

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Holy Father Benedict, pray to God for us! On this, the Feast of the passing of St Benedict, I find that a topic that I touched on in m...
Monday, March 20, 2017

In Praise of Forward in Faith

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I rather feel that I need to right a perceived wrong that I may have done members of Forward in Faith in my recent postings. The fact of the...
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Sunday, March 19, 2017

Concerto in the Key of Christ

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Sermon for the third Sunday of Lent Do you ever listen to concertos? A concerto is essentially an orchestral piece of music which featur...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

29th April: a Jubilee for the ACC!

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The Anglican Catholic Diocese of the United Kingdom was Twenty Five years old on 24th January this year. Our celebrations will centre around...
Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Church versus Society: pre-Constantinian idols?

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In thinking about the plight of the CofE, the question arises about the relationship that the Church should have with Society in general. At...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Changing your title for someone else's

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Sermon for the Second Sunday in Lent A brown envelope with a crown on it plops through your letter box. It looks terribly official. You ha...
Friday, March 10, 2017

People look North: mutual flourishing and focus for unity

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Is it my business to comment on goings-on in a church that I'm not a member of? Most of the time, the answer is no. The internal wrangli...
Thursday, March 09, 2017

Self-Definition and Souls

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My confrere, Fr Anthony Chadwick has revealed that he has Asperger's syndrome . As a teacher, I have had to deal with a lot of students ...
Wednesday, March 08, 2017

Fatally self-defined

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I have been ruminating on the issue of self-definition that I began here , and following a few welcome discussions, it suddenly struck m...
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Sunday, March 05, 2017

The Fullness of Fasting

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Sermon for the first Sunday in Lent Are you enjoying Lent so far? We’re four days in and although Sunday is not counted as one of the Fort...
Friday, March 03, 2017

Books and covers

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My poor library is in boxes and waiting to be moved across the country. Much to the chagrin of some members of my family, my library is larg...
Thursday, March 02, 2017

Synergism and Synods

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I seem to remember referring to a student as being an ergophobic. He took it as a compliment until he realised I'd just described him as...
Wednesday, March 01, 2017

To weep, or not to weep?

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Sermon for Ash Wednesday Sometimes you just can’t win, can you? Joel says, “Turn ye even to me, saith the Lord, with all your heart...
Tuesday, February 28, 2017

Joy versus happiness: Bless you!

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It is Shrove Tuesday and the sun shines, making even the grey old street look attractive. The wind is cold, and there is a certain amount of...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Discriminating between discriminations in Sheffield

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At the time of writing, a bit of a furore is happening in the CofE Diocese of Sheffield. The Bishop appointed to the See is Bishop Philip No...
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Sunday, February 26, 2017

Charity versus Love

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Sermon for Quinquagesima St Valentine’s Day is behind us: the roses are beginning to fall apart; the chocolates have been eaten; and th...