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Year: 2013

Blog

Christmas Message 2013

22 Dec, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

It was improvised and haphazard.  Nothing was ready or prepared.  It happened in the most unlikely of places.  Nobody would…

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Reconciliation

Embracing the Other

8 Nov, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

Being able to relate to the other (that which, or the person who,  is totally different from us) is vitally…

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Blog

November: Month for Remembering

2 Nov, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

November is a month for remembering.  On 1st November, All Saints’ Day, the Church remembers the past heroes of the faith. …

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Sermons

Walthamstow Hall School – 175th anniversary

14 Oct, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

It must have been very hard for those young girls all those years ago to wave goodbye to their parents…

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Talks

Boundaries not Barriers

9 Oct, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

Lecture To Clergy Research Seminar 8th October, 2013 Introduction The title of my address is ‘Boundaries not Barriers’ and I…

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Reconciliation

Other yet Intimate: God’s Unique Relationship

30 Sep, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

Embracing the other is important for our political and social well-being as well as for our spiritual health.  Yet too…

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Sermons

Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup. Thanks & Farewell to the Old: Welcome to the New.

28 Sep, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

As I was thinking about today's service, words from TS Eliot, the nation's favourite poet, came into mind: In the…

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Sermons

Freedom, Liberation and Ordination

15 Sep, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

A few weeks ago was the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King delivering his speech ‘I have a dream.’  The speech,…

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Reconciliation

Reaching out to the ‘Other’

7 Sep, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

Reconciliation is not possible unless there is an embracing of the ‘other’ -  the other person, the other idea, the…

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Reconciliation

The Church: Community of Forgiven-ness

5 Aug, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

The Church is a community which is both forgiven and in the process of being forgiven and it is called…

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Sermons

Mary Magdalene and Love

21 Jul, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

To hear Maureen Greaves speak of forgiving the two men who murdered her husband Alan must be one of the…

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Reconciliation

Being Sorry: Is remorse necessary for forgiveness?

4 Jul, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

Is forgiveness dependent upon our being sorry and showing remorse?  When we do say sorry, is it primarily for the…

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Blog

Psychology for Pastoral Contexts

30 Jun, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

Psychology for Pastoral Contexts written by Jessica Rose and published by SCM is a book worth reading for those interested in…

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Published Articles

The ‘Art’ of Dying

2 Jun, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

As I write, there is a heated debate around the burial of Tamerlan Tsamaev, one of the men suspected of…

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Reconciliation

From a Lost Son to a Dying Daughter: The Challenge and Power of Forgiveness

2 Jun, 201328 Nov, 2019 Brian

The father in one of the most famous stories in the New Testament and the father in Northern Ireland whose…

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