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A rumour of hope
Posted on 9:11am Wednesday 21st October 2009
I have been deeply moved in recent weeks by rumours of despair.
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Making Love or Watching Sex?
Posted on 10:08am Tuesday 11th August 2009
God is the inventor of sex – he made us for making love.
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Chaplaincy prepares for Eden
Posted on 6:36pm Wednesday 5th August 2009
As one of the founding Trustees of the Watford Town Centre Chaplaincy, I am excited by the way Richard Chewter and his team have developed this important work over these last five years. Watford is a better place because of it...
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Yeeehaaa
Posted on 12:24am Monday 20th July 2009
As strange as it may seem I am writing this blog from the country and region of my birth: The Lone Star State, Texas USA...
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See you on Sunday?
Posted on 8:30pm Friday 3rd July 2009
I know, I know, it has been known for churchgoers to hide away in their small buildings (like religious club-houses) and make critical comments about Christians in other denominations... even in Watford.
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Grumpy God?
Posted on 4:30pm Thursday 11th June 2009
Today my thoughts were interrupted by a man shouting angrily at passers by.
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The God Removal: Any old storyline will do
Posted on 5:14pm Tuesday 2nd June 2009
The God Removal I went a couple of weeks ago to see the West End musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. My wife and I were treating our eldest daughter with an evening of top-class entertainment involving Gareth Gates and the colourful re-telling of a timeless Bible story. All in all, it was a good show and a fun evening out.
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Scrutiny, anyone?
Posted on 1:24pm Monday 18th May 2009
I agree with many who have expressed dismay at the last few weeks’ revelations about MPs’ expenses. The apparently flagrant misuse of public funds have uncovered a failed system and in some cases a ‘get away with whatever you can’ attitude amongst our national leaders.
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Au naturel
Posted on 8:33am Wednesday 29th April 2009
Trust me when I tell you I am not a regular fan of makeover programmes on TV!
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Jesus hates religion too
Posted on 9:44am Tuesday 21st April 2009
It is not uncommon, when people find out my vocation as a church leader, for people to make it clear to me: ‘I’m not very religious.’ Many say it like an apology, as if to remark: ‘I am not sure how to relate to you and I'm sorry I don’t go to church...' as if I would look down on them. But I don't.
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