Lorraine Cavanagh
Some Thoughts on Solitude
‘You’re never alone with a Strand’ ran the once popular ad. Today, its haunting ambiguity lingers on, inviting reflection on the...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Oct 5
- 3 min
Mood of the Moment
I am not usually in any kind of identifiable mood, or even frame of mind, when I sit down to write one of these blogs, or, if I am, and...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Sep 29
- 3 min
My New Memoir: Re-building the Ruined Places - A Journey Through Childhood Trauma
The hardest thing about writing a memoir is explaining to yourself, let alone to anyone else, why you wrote it. I envy the writers of novels
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Antony Pickthall
- Sep 27
- 4 min
Let Love Be Genuine
Chance conversations often have the most profound significance. Yesterday, I got caught up in one, a half over-heard exchange between...
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Antony Pickthall
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Salvation
We’re not particularly geared for extreme temperatures here in Wales, where I live. We literally grind to a halt. The cattle in the field...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- May 19
- 3 min
Mikhail Khodarenok – The ‘What If?’ Question
It is reported by the BBC[1] that a senior Russian military figure, Mikhail Khodarenok, a military analyst and retired colonel has, on a...
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Antony Pickthall
- May 6
- 3 min
Roe V. Wade - What Would Jesus Do?
Back in the 70’s and 80’s there were Christians who wore a wrist band with the letters WWJD, standing for ‘What would Jesus Do?’ I never...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Nuclear Sunday
LISTEN: Nuclear weapons don't prevent war. What they do is create risks that any conflict can escalate into a nuclear one — by mistake
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Holy Week: Good Friday
There are flowers along the way, yellow celandines, and the small insects of early Spring. These leave him, but the flies stay. They...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 14
- 2 min
Holy Week: Maundy Thursday
The last meal. It ends with a ritual which by its very strangeness is key to our understanding of what Holy Week is about. Jesus washes...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 14
- 3 min
Holy Week: Christ Before Pilate
Authority and power are often conflated and confused. Before beginning to write this, I checked back on the story of Jesus before Pilate,...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 2
- 4 min
The Church Must Die To Itself
In the current edition of the Church Times, we are given a stark portrayal of bullying as it is experienced in the Church today.
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theatreset
- Mar 13
- 2 min
Magnificat
We tend to think of Lent as a time for keeping to the rules, which makes it a rather miserable season. Right now, I’m looking out of the...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Jan 25
- 19 min
Fear and the Church
My child, when you come to serve the Lord, prepare yourself for testing. Set your heart right and be steadfast, and do not be impetuous...
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theatreset
- Jan 11
- 4 min
The Things We Tell Ourselves
Scrolling through twitter a couple of days ago, I came across this tweet ‘What would you tell your 18 year-old self?’ I suppose it very...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Jan 11
- 4 min
In Such Times
Book cover for 'In Such Times: Reflections on Living with Fear' by Lorraine Cavanagh
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theatreset
- Jan 4
- 4 min
In Such Times
With all that’s going on in the world right now, the things which we fear in regard to war and disease especially, but also the small...
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theatreset
- Dec 20, 2021
- 4 min
Doubts About Doubt
Our candle-lit carol service, last night, was in every way conducive to the contemplation of God. The church wasn’t even freezing cold....
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theatreset
- Dec 11, 2021
- 3 min
Doing Good
I bought a copy of The Big Issue yesterday, the first in a long time. I was a bit shocked at the increase in price. Then came a mixture...
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theatreset
- Dec 3, 2021
- 3 min
Advent – A Time For The Church To Repent
I have just come from a country where the commercial machinery of Christmas seems to be already operating at full capacity, in a remote...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Oct 18
- 4 min
Some Thoughts on Solitude
‘You’re never alone with a Strand’ ran the once popular ad. Today, its haunting ambiguity lingers on, inviting reflection on the...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Oct 5
- 3 min
Mood of the Moment
I am not usually in any kind of identifiable mood, or even frame of mind, when I sit down to write one of these blogs, or, if I am, and...
1 view0 comments
Lorraine Cavanagh
- Sep 29
- 3 min
My New Memoir: Re-building the Ruined Places - A Journey Through Childhood Trauma
The hardest thing about writing a memoir is explaining to yourself, let alone to anyone else, why you wrote it. I envy the writers of novels
5 views0 comments
Antony Pickthall
- Sep 27
- 4 min
Let Love Be Genuine
Chance conversations often have the most profound significance. Yesterday, I got caught up in one, a half over-heard exchange between...
0 views0 comments
Antony Pickthall
- Jul 26
- 3 min
Salvation
We’re not particularly geared for extreme temperatures here in Wales, where I live. We literally grind to a halt. The cattle in the field...
0 views0 comments
Lorraine Cavanagh
- May 19
- 3 min
Mikhail Khodarenok – The ‘What If?’ Question
It is reported by the BBC[1] that a senior Russian military figure, Mikhail Khodarenok, a military analyst and retired colonel has, on a...
6 views0 comments
Antony Pickthall
- May 6
- 3 min
Roe V. Wade - What Would Jesus Do?
Back in the 70’s and 80’s there were Christians who wore a wrist band with the letters WWJD, standing for ‘What would Jesus Do?’ I never...
1 view0 comments
Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 20
- 3 min
Nuclear Sunday
LISTEN: Nuclear weapons don't prevent war. What they do is create risks that any conflict can escalate into a nuclear one — by mistake
1 view0 comments
Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 15
- 2 min
Holy Week: Good Friday
There are flowers along the way, yellow celandines, and the small insects of early Spring. These leave him, but the flies stay. They...
0 views0 comments
Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 14
- 2 min
Holy Week: Maundy Thursday
The last meal. It ends with a ritual which by its very strangeness is key to our understanding of what Holy Week is about. Jesus washes...
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