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LICOR?
It seems that some British banks have been a bit naughty. They have been artificially fixing the rate of interest at which they lent money to each other. I don’t pretend to understand all the ins and outs (or ups and downs) of the LIBOR (London InterBank Offered Rate), or exactly what some rascals at…
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ecumania?
Yesterday I was very ecumenical. In the morning we participated in a pulpit swap with the other churches in the town centre. Rather than moving pulpits to different churches we felt it would be easier to move the ministers (!) so I went to our local Salvation Army Citadel and one of their Majors came…
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a his story lesson
Two lions from Colchester Zoo were walking down Colchester High Street. One turned to the other and said, “There aren’t many people around today, are there?” [It’s a good joke, but you could add the punchline: The other one said, “You can talk!!!”] Yesterday afternoon Christians from across Colchester gathered together in the town centre.…
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Blessed by the Bishop
Baptists don’t do bishops. Our ancestors got rid of them from their concept of church along with many other things that they disagreed with 400 years ago. Yes we have people in regional, national and international roles but they have no actual power over individual churches although we are blessed by having them. (I’m not…
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