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Between now and Easter (4th April) I will be writing a series of weekly blogs on Jesus’ last eight days as he travels from Jericho, to the Temple in Jerusalem, through his confrontations with the authorities and his arrest and death, up to the resurrection. It...
Travelling to Easter – 1
Between now and Easter (4th April) I will be writing a series of weekly blogs on Jesus’ last eight days as he travels from the Jordan valley, up to the Temple in Jerusalem, through his confrontations with the authorities to his arrest and death, up to his appearance...
Holy Week – What Happened Where?
WHAT HAPPENED WHERE? Holy Week and the Problem of Place Introduction It is always moving to walk about Jerusalem and try to retrace the actual footsteps of Jesus, most famously along the Via Dolorosa. But Jerusalem has been destroyed and rebuilt so many times...
WHAT HAPPENED WHEN?
Holy Week and the Problem of Time Introduction Unless we are an academic theologian, we normally don’t worry too much about problems of time as we read the accounts of Holy Week in the gospels. We may be subconsciously aware of certain discrepancies between the...
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a psalm!
How Psalms can help us get our prayers off the ground One reaction Last week I sent my ‘Discovering Psalms as Prayer’ to a fellow- retired priest, Canon Robin Morrison (author of ‘Love’s Energy’*). He sent me back a long reflective piece about it. Here are...
CHRISTIAN UNITY IN JERUSALEM
WELCOME to the WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY - 2 18 - 25/1/21 Introduction Here beginneth the second instalment of my account of Christian Unity Week in Jerusalem which I attended in 2017. All the extracts come from my book ‘A Week of Prayer in Jerusalem’...
THE WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY – 1
18 - 25/1/21 Introduction Four years ago I celebrated Christian Unity Week in Jerusalem. There they have a service every evening at 5.00 in a wide variety of churches. Although I am starting a day late, here are some thoughts from seven different churches for the...
LAMENT IN LOCKDOWN
BORIS’S BAD NEWS Cromwell Road, the A4 towards London On Monday 4th Boris announced we were all going into Tier 5 - effectively a lockdown - and ordered us all to stay at home. Up till then I had had quite a good lockdown, able to work on my laptop in my local...
MY WRITING LIFE IN 2020
Writing at Caffe Nero What a year! Two and a half months of normality then lockdown struck. How fortunate I was to have Linda, a beautiful flat, wonderful communal gardens and cafés and shops in easy reach. Here’s how it affected my writing. HAS THE CHURCH...
THE CHURCH’S POST-CHRISTMAS BLUES
Straight after Christmas the Church celebrates a whole string of saints - mostly a tale of difficulty, disaster and death. I have never celebrated them day by day, but this year seems an excellent time to start. So here goes: Saturday 26th Boxing Day St...