Category: Faith stuff
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Billy Bragg at Greenbelt
A video of Billy Bragg singing ‘Jerusalem’ at the Greenbelt Festival 2011
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Let freedom ring
A beautiful visual poem for Martin Luther King Day from the SALT Project “No doubt Dr. King would want us to remember and celebrate all the people who made the march possible —inspiring us more than half a century later to keep working, marching, and fighting for jobs, freedom, equal rights, liberation, inclusivity, and a…
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Why do they stay?
Will Willimon celebrates those who have chosen to stay with the UMC It’s easy to come up with reasons for displeasure with the state of the church. Low hanging fruit. Only Christ gives us the inspiration and chutzpa to stick with the beleaguered body of Christ. I confess that I’ve been guilty of allowing the…
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Hymn of the day
Because it’s Sunday, a hymn by Charles Wesley
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A National Disgrace That We’ve All Grown Used To
Lotteries have become deeply embedded in our national life and their corrosive effects seem to go unquestioned these days. But my view is that they are an evil influence and should be scrapped
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Blame culture
The continual pursuit of blame and subsequent retribution undermines community.
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Hymn of the Day
I like to post a hymn by Charles Wesley on a Sunday. As a bonus, we have Maddy Prior & the Carnival Band
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Ten Propositions on Hell
Kim Fabricius was my blogging partner at my old blog, Connexions. The ’10 Propositions on…’ series that he started there eventually became a book
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“Epiphany”, by R.S. Thomas
The poetic wisdom of R S Thomas manages to stir even my uncultured imagination. Just don’t ask me to explain how or why!