Tag: church
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Blessings from Bonhoeffer
I have been following a series of 40 daily readings from the writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He was a German Christian pastor who was arrested for opposing Hitler during the Second World War. He died in captivity shortly before the end of the war. These readings from the last couple of days made me think…
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sitting on a sofa in the middle of the street
The churches in Colchester and the surrounding area are in the middle of a fortnight of focused mission activity. For us it began with a community barbecue on our forecourt on Saturday – 500+ burgers given away, live music, face painting for children, a couple of talks, me doing some magic tricks (why did it…
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churches are female if you are stereotyping
Tomorrow we have a community barbecue on our church forecourt. We will give away hot dogs and burgers, there will be music, face-painting and even a magician (I wonder who that might be?). One of our members is working flat out to make it all happen (pray for him and the team if you are a…
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tickly coughs
I have a tickly cough. The back of my throat gets irritated/tickled and it causes a cough reflex to try to get rid of the sensation. It’s irritating. It’s not debilitating. It’s not desperately uncomfortable. It won’t require a trip to the hospital or even the doctor. And I have some medicine to soothe and…
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just a thought…
This is not a criticism. Let me get that out there first. I am using something that happened this week to make a wider point. This week the Church of England met in Synod. Without making any judgements at all it is interesting to me to consider how many of the subjects of discussion and…
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turning back
Good morning bloggists. For those who are not looking nostalgically at the picture here today I should perhaps explain that it is a record player (aka turntable). It is the analogue way in which many people used to access their music. The record (the big black disc) rotates at 33 rpm and the needle or…
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living together
Picking up from last Friday’s bloggage, this passage from the Bible was in my email inbox today (I subscribe to ‘Red Letter Days’ from my friends at Kore – they have an iphone or android app which daily sends you some words of Jesus): If a fellow believer hurts you, go and tell them –…
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a short thought
When Paul wrote to a church of Christians* in Rome, encouraging them to ‘rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep’ he was revealing a wonderfully profound truth: we’re in this together – for better or for worse, for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health… Be blessed, be a…
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dis-graceful
Context makes a big difference doesn’t it? This morning I looked at a famous passage in one of Paul’s letters, written to a bunch of Christians in a church in Philippi, Greece: Final exhortations 4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do…
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Yay for Christmas!
Let me start by saying that I love Christmas, and I love Colchester Baptist Church – they are wonderful. This is NOT a complaint it’s an observation and a reflection. If you sense any complaining or self-pity in this bloggage it has sneaked in without permission. ‘Bah, humbug’ is banned! People sometimes say to me…
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