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Wassail all over the Town

13 Jan, 202514 Jan, 2025 BrianLeave a comment

What do apples, cider, a robin, toast dipped in cider, a pan and spoon have to do with wassailing?  I’ll…

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From the birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary to the death of Princess Diana

10 Sep, 202411 Sep, 2024 BrianLeave a comment

If we were in this church 600 years ago today, we would be swept up in the great celebrations of…

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Trinity, Faith and General Election

28 May, 202417 Jun, 2024 Brian

During last week when Members of Parliament were sharpening their arguments and daggers for the coming election, there was a…

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Motherhood and the Solidarity of Suffering

11 Mar, 202412 Mar, 2024 BrianLeave a comment

Mother Maria Skobtsova was a Russian Orthodox nun who lived in the first half of the twentieth century. But she…

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Remembrance Sunday 2023

13 Nov, 202314 Nov, 2023 Brian6 Comments

At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. We remember their valour, their…

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Queen Elizabeth II: Lessons on Life and Flourishing

12 Sep, 202212 Sep, 2022 Brian1 Comment

I, like many others, never met the Queen, but I, also like many others, feel that I knew her not…

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At the Heart of Fragility is Life

13 Feb, 202214 Feb, 2022 BrianLeave a comment

It’s snowdrop season on Exmoor.  As we will all have seen, scattered in clumps in our gardens, in hedgerows, in…

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What is Today’s ‘Ecumenical’ Question?

5 Feb, 20226 Feb, 2022 BrianLeave a comment

Geneva houses the head-quarters of many international organisations.  Among them is the headquarters of the World Council of Churches (WCC).…

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Remembrance Sunday 2021

14 Nov, 202115 Nov, 2021 BrianLeave a comment

Walking through the grim, sad corridors of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration  camp, you come across the words, emblazoned on a…

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Bossington Beach and Discipleship

17 Jan, 202115 Jan, 2021 Brian

https://videopress.com/v/lyZb8u6B?posterUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fbishopbrian.files.wordpress.com%2F2021%2F01%2Fimg_8971.jpg&preloadContent=auto Exmoor, where I live, is a region peppered with moorland inhabited by red deer and Exmoor ponies, hills dotted…

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Challenges of Forgiveness

6 Sep, 20207 Sep, 2020 Brian

After World War II (WWII) was over, a party of church leaders from West Germany visited Moscow to begin a…

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With Christmas packed away, do we forget it until next December?

13 Jan, 202013 Jan, 2020 Brian

Last Monday, the day after 12th night, Jane and I packed away Christmas.  We took down the cards.  We dismantled…

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The Christmas Love Story

28 Dec, 201929 Dec, 2019 Brian

Tonight we have come together to hear again and celebrate a love story. Not a Mills and Boon kind of…

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Remembrance Sunday 2019 – Patriotism is Not Enough

10 Nov, 201928 Nov, 2019 Brian

‘I wasn’t brave.  I was lucky. I was just doing a job…’ These were the words of 94 year old…

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Where are Life’s Priorities?

9 Jul, 201928 Nov, 2019 Brian

The newly appointed chief executive (CEO) of Black and Decker called a meeting of his management team.  He had in…

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