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How to be divisive
This is William Taylor, the rector of St Helen's Bishopsgate in the City of London. In a previous article entitled Love and hate, I described how his church had started work on setting up a separate province within the Anglican communion so as to preserve doctrinal purity in
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The definition of a gentleman
In 1852, the priest and future cardinal John Henry Newman delivered a series of lectures to a Catholic audience in Dublin. These were collected and published under the title The Idea of a University. Newman extolled the benefits of a liberal education, provided by a university dedicated to the teaching
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Mindfulness as 'bare attention'
I am reading Peter Tyler’s book Christian Mindfulness: Theology and Practice (SCM, 2018). He distinguishes between two kinds of mindfulness in current usage. The first is ‘bare attention’: what the American mindfulness pioneer Jon Kabat-Zinn described as ‘paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present
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Religion vs Politics
Today's Guardian website reports on a legal dispute between the Liberal Democrat Party and one of its former candidates, David Campanale. He was selected as the party's parliamentary candidate for Sutton and Cheam in 2021, then deselected in 2023. He took the party to court, claiming
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Nazareth Center for Peace Studies
This is a remarkable organisation, working for peace and reconciliation, especially between Palestinians and Israelis. They are actually located in Nazareth so they are living in the eye of the storm. According to their website, their Vision is 'Promoting a culture of peace rooted in Christian values and nurturing
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Compline
Compline is the last service in what is known as the Divine Office or the Liturgy of the Hours. These services constitute the public prayer of the Church, offered since the earliest days. The history To begin at the beginning: the practice of praying at different times of the day
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That they may be one
‘I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one – I in them and you in me – so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as
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The Anglican Church in Berlin
The Anglican Church in Berlin is one of around a dozen Anglican churches in Germany. These form part of the Archdeaconry of Germany and Northern Europe, itself one of seven archdeaconries in the Diocese in Europe. The Diocese in Europe is itself actually a Diocese of the Church of England
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Love and hate
If you live in a democratic society, and the governing body makes a decision that you don’t like, what can you do? There are various options: (1) You can accept it, while seeking protection for your own views. (2) You can protest the decision and seek it to change
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Tourism with a spiritual dimension
On one day in Berlin in May 2024, I walked 10 miles on a circuit from west to east and back again. I took in a number of sights I wanted to see and experienced others I did not expect. Amid all this, the spiritual ran like a thread. First
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All Hallows, Leeds
All Hallows church in Leeds is one of the most inclusive churches I have ever attended. The congregation is gender-diverse and absolutely anyone is welcome. I turned up in female mode and felt completely at home. From its welcome leaflet: All Hallows is an inclusive Christian church in inner-
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The Four Loves
CS Lewis is best known as the author of the Narnia series of books, but he also wrote many works of Christian apologetics which are classics in their own right. The Four Loves, published in 1960, is one of these. He analyses three natural loves and one divine love – Affection,
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