Author Archives: Simon Marsh

ANGELOS

HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to each and every contributor to Bramhall Parish Church’s Faith+Angels Centenary Celebration in Art & Flowers – to artists, to Architects John Prichard & Chloe Maher, and a large team working with John Lambert, including Centenary Works foreman … Continue reading

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A SMILING CELEBRATION …

FAITH+ANGELS is uniting dozens and dozens of people in the joyful art of smiling today … it’s been marvellous … more here

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WE’RE ENTERTAINING ANGELS

AND THEY’RE LOVELY! … see more here

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FAITH + ANGELS

FAITH + ANGELS is the theme of a series of Centenary celebrations at Bramhall Parish Church throughout 2010. From Thursday – Sunday this week, 8-11 July, the doors will be open wide to receive visitors to our Celebration in Art and Flowers. … Continue reading

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ROOMS WITHOUT WINDOWS

ONE WEEK AGO I hardly drew breath as, in the company of several hundred others I listened, awestruck, to Martin Luther King Jr speak of his travels in the US and of the poverty, racial segregation and hopelessness he encountered … Continue reading

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REV …

IT’S HEARTENING that the BBC want to air a programme about a parish priest let alone a series. And an absolute delight tonight to see little Adam Smallbone (Tom Hollander) – with a spot of help from the (horrendously smooth) … Continue reading

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PREACHING INTO POVERTY

The Preacher or The Poor? YES! YES! God help me. I’m just a tiny Money Spider Up, up, up And down in a rut. Up, up, up And down in a rut. Up, up, up And down in a rut. … Continue reading

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BRING ME LAUGHTER

I’M AWAY AT CHESTER’S Diocesan Clergy Conference and we’ve got off to a great start. Lutheran Richard Lischer of Duke Divinity School set the ball rolling with Preaching into Poverty. I’m instantly struck by Lischer’s passion and grace and have … Continue reading

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RE-MEMBERING … (how dry they were)

RE-MEMBER ME: the 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th JULY will be dates long remembered in the collective memory of St Michael & All Angels Bramhall. There’ll be a coming together on those dates of many elements of God’s wonderful creation … Continue reading

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HERESY? FIRST ORDER?

THERE’S NO GETTING ROUND IT: I’m spending more and more time in company with people who tell me that they’ve been called “heretic” by “Christian friends”. And I love being with them – the “heretics” I mean. They’re immensely attractive. … Continue reading

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