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    theatreset
    • Sep 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Season of the Angels

    Today is the feast of Michaelmas, the beginning of the season of the angels. As a child, I did a fair bit of travelling, usually on small airplanes. They were small by today’s standards, to the extent that I don’t remember there being a central block of seats, just two sets of three on either side of the cabin, which meant that most people could see out of the window. We children were invariably given the window seat or, if not, the one next to it, so you always had a reasona
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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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    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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    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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    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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    Beyond Belief
    theatreset
    • May 2, 2019
    • 3 min

    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. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00046pc .We were being asked whether believing in the Resurrection, and that Christ died for the forgiveness of our sins, was optional when it came to defining yourself as a Christian. I think the BBC had hoped for a soundbite conflict. They were to be disappointed. The conflict, between angry sceptics and equally a
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    Lorraine Cavanagh
    • 1 day ago
    • 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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