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Season of Hope
I read this morning of a mother in Hong Kong who is taking her daughter out of school. It seems that the Chinese authorities are...
theatreset
Nov 18, 20203 min read
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Where Love Should Be
The evenings are drawing in but right now it’s so hot you’d think it was mid-summer. The mood is drawing in too. There is a sense of...
theatreset
Sep 14, 20204 min read
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Living Well
Almighty God, you see that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves. Keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our...
theatreset
Aug 3, 20203 min read
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Now
Wars, rumors of wars, plagues, climate apocalypse in various guises, are all predicted in the bible, if you choose to read it only in...
theatreset
Jul 6, 20204 min read
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Politics
Religion and politics – Do they belong together? #politics #politicians #parliament #world #prayer #hope #Christ #reality
theatreset
Sep 25, 20191 min read
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About swearing
Is it a sin to swear? #offence #JesusChrist #prayer #sacred #sacrilege #holy #swearing #HolySpirit #anger #love #shame #sin #judgment #fear
theatreset
Aug 31, 20191 min read
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Have A Nice Day
. Summer colds are the worst. So is depression on a clear blue late September day. There is some consolation in knowing that you are not...
theatreset
Sep 26, 20184 min read
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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...
Lorraine Cavanagh
Oct 18, 20224 min read
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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...
Lorraine Cavanagh
Oct 5, 20223 min read
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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
Lorraine Cavanagh
Sep 29, 20223 min read
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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...
Lorraine Cavanagh
May 19, 20223 min read
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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
Lorraine Cavanagh
Apr 20, 20223 min read
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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...
Lorraine Cavanagh
Apr 15, 20222 min read
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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...
Lorraine Cavanagh
Apr 14, 20222 min read
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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,...
Lorraine Cavanagh
Apr 14, 20223 min read
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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.
Lorraine Cavanagh
Apr 2, 20224 min read
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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...
Lorraine Cavanagh
Jan 25, 202219 min read
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