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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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St. Peter’s on the Quay, Minehead: Refuge, Journeying & Salt-store

8 Jul, 201928 Nov, 2019 Brian

If stones can speak, the stones around this harbour can tell us many stories.  They could speak of the significant…

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Pentecost 2019

10 Jun, 201928 Nov, 2019 Brian

Let me introduce you to Ruby, a guide dog puppy being trained by my wife, Jane.  In time, and provided…

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Grenfell, Carillion and Life’s Priorities

3 Jun, 201828 Nov, 2019 Brian

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere…

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Easter Day 2018

1 Apr, 201828 Nov, 2019 Brian

'Alleluia! Christ is risen!  He is risen indeed.  Alleluia!'  These words echo in many churches, in many congregations, in many…

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The Priorities of Jesus Christ and the Music of Faith

4 Mar, 201828 Nov, 2019 Brian

People were attracted to Jesus like iron filings are attracted to a magnet.  He was particularly popular with the ordinary…

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