Subject: News from the University Church

News from the University Church

December 29th, 2023 at 7:00 pm BST

View online Christmas is for life… not just for Christmas by the Revd Hannah Cartwright If, like me, you come the the close of this week staring into the bottom of a tub of ‘celebrations’ wondering why they put quite so many Bounties in t ...

News from the University Church

December 22nd, 2023 at 7:22 pm BST

View online Christmas in Dark Times ‘Christmas in Dark Times’Vassar Miller (1924-1998) Christmas still comes in spite of death and taxes.Or, rather, because of them, else why should GodHave become human? Surely when Heaven annexesItself to ...

News from the University Church

December 15th, 2023 at 2:41 pm BST

View online O come all ye faithful! by the Revd Hannah Cartwright It's beginning to feel a lot like Christmas. Carol services are in full-flow and twinkling lights adorn ancient buildings and modern shopping centres alike.Some of us may be very ...

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December 8th, 2023 at 3:58 pm BST

View online Where can I flee? by Patricia O'Neill Where can I go then from your spiritOr where can I flee from your presence If I climb up to heaven, you are thereIf I make the grave my bed, you are there also If I take the wings of the morning ...

News from the University Church

December 1st, 2023 at 12:54 pm BST

View online Hopeby the Revd Canon Dr William Lamb Advent is a season of hope. The Christian tradition teaches us that there are three theological virtues: faith, hope and charity. Like all virtues, they have their corresponding vices: faith may ...