Beyond Belief
I have been waiting for the Twitter teacup storm to die down, following a Radio 4 interview in which I took part on Palm Sunday....
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theatreset
- Jul 11, 2018
- 4 min
Liberal Values In An Illiberal Age
Liberals have something very valuable at the heart of their political conviction for which they often pay a price. The word ‘liberal’...
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theatreset
- Apr 3, 2018
- 4 min
True Resurrection
If you are someone who has to speak publicly about the events of Good Friday, and if you have done that with integrity and the conviction...
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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Oct 18, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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Lorraine Cavanagh
- May 19, 2022
- 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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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Apr 20, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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, 2022
- 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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Lorraine Cavanagh
- Jan 25, 2022
- 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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