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    After Lockdown 1
    theatreset
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    After Lockdown 1

    https://lorrainecavanaghsblog.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/post-covid-reflection-1-01-15-06-2020-1.mp3 #memories #loneliness #isolation...
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    Easter Sunday
    theatreset
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Easter Sunday

    A story of enduring hope This is the last of 4 podcasts for Holy Week and Easter Sunday, designed to speak to the global pandemic crisis...
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    Holy Saturday
    theatreset
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Holy Saturday

    Hell burned out by the love of God This is the third of 4 podcasts for Holy Week and Easter Sunday, designed to speak to the global...
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    Good Friday
    theatreset
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 1 min

    Good Friday

    A time of reckoning This is the second of 4 podcasts for Holy Week and Easter Sunday, designed to speak to the global pandemic crisis...
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    Maundy Thursday
    theatreset
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    Maundy Thursday

    The compassionate touch of Christ This is the first of 4 podcasts for Holy Week and Easter Sunday, designed to speak to the global...
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    Kindness
    theatreset
    • Nov 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Kindness

    Taxes and the Health Service – what are we really funding? #nursing #kindness #NHS #tax #trust #doctors #hospital #healing
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    Falling
    theatreset
    • Oct 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Falling

    Death and dying. We need to talk about it. #death #Dying #faith #hope #mortality #life #Resurrection #Autumn
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    You are not your depression
    theatreset
    • Oct 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    You are not your depression

    Depression – the ‘leprosy’ of our time? #repentance #depression #mentalhealth #Leprosy #joy #gratitude
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    Beyond Belief
    theatreset
    • Oct 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Beyond Belief

    Faith and belief – are they the same thing? #materialworld #planet #belief #mustardseed #faith #Yurigeller #hope #environment #incarnation
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    The Falconer
    theatreset
    • Oct 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Falconer

    UK, Brexit – “mere anarchy”? #darkenergy #parliament #dieinaditch #Yeats #Brexit #anger #politicalclimate #falconer #civilwar #light
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    Sorry
    theatreset
    • Sep 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Sorry

    He said he was sorry. #Sorry #forgiveness #joy #father #remembering
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    Politics
    theatreset
    • Sep 25, 2019
    • 1 min

    Politics

    Religion and politics – Do they belong together? #politics #politicians #parliament #world #prayer #hope #Christ #reality
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    Encounter
    theatreset
    • Sep 21, 2019
    • 1 min

    Encounter

    Meeting after a journey #death #Airport #loneliness #goodbyes #Christ #salvation #encounter
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    Walking
    theatreset
    • Sep 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    Walking

    Who do we want to be? Counting the cost. #failure #courage #meditation #love #Hate #cross #family
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    Treasure
    theatreset
    • Sep 7, 2019
    • 1 min

    Treasure

    What matters most in life? #treasure #faith #lottery #meaning #love #money #life #earth
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    About swearing
    theatreset
    • Aug 31, 2019
    • 1 min

    About swearing

    Is it a sin to swear? #offence #JesusChrist #prayer #sacred #sacrilege #holy #swearing #HolySpirit #anger #love #shame #sin #judgment #fear
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    Friendship
    theatreset
    • Aug 24, 2019
    • 1 min

    Friendship

    Friendship, society and God #repentance #society #trust #friend #Brexit #anxiety #silence
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    Thinking about the Lord’s Prayer
    theatreset
    • Aug 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Thinking about the Lord’s Prayer

    If you haven’t had a father, how do you pray to God as Father? #worship #beingvalued #abusive #father #goodness
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    Freedom
    theatreset
    • Aug 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Freedom

    Needing more from life? #trust #beliefinGod #faith #betrayal #fear
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    Fear of the Lord
    theatreset
    • Aug 15, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fear of the Lord

    Is God just an abusive parent? #belief #faith #fearandGod #trust
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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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