Tag Archives: Archbishop of Canterbury

PATCHES GOES TO LAMBETH

PATCHES CHABALA wrote today: I was invited as an international Student Representive at St John’s College to attend a gathering at Lambeth Palace. The theme of the gathering was The Communion We Share. It was great to meet the Archbishop … Continue reading

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FR RADCLIFFE WINS THE MICHAEL RAMSEY PRIZE

THREE CHEERS FOR FR TIMOTHY RADCLIFFE’S “What’s the point of being a Christian?” … which, it was announced yesterday, has won the 2007 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing. The five authors I most wish to see in the hands … Continue reading

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HAPPY CHRISTMAS

PEACE AND JOY to you and yours this Christmas night. I’m happy to be at home. I read somewhere that Nigella Lawson “revels in the warmth and light of the house” on Christmas afternoons. Me too. And in bacon sandwiches … Continue reading

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FOREVER FULL

I’VE GROWN USED, here in Bramhall, to the nearby sound of trains rattling through the night. The sound of life trundling on is comforting and homely somehow. (Yes! – that would be it – 6 years old: Christmas morning: train … Continue reading

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LOOKING UPWARDS

WHAT WOULD JESUS SAY? – my friend Bill would almost always interject … sometimes to the considerable chagrin of one or two of us … who were very probably articulating our current flight of fancy at the time. What would … Continue reading

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A FAITH-FULL MONARCH

ALL THE CHRISTMAS DAY CELEBRATIONS I can remember in my life have known one constant feature – Her Majesty the Queen’s Christmas broadcast. I can’t remember missing one – or ever wanting to miss one. In recent years (2001, 2002, … Continue reading

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