Subject: Happy Christmas from the University Church
Happy Christmas from the University Church
December 24th, 2024 at 5:17 pm BSTView onlineBirth is Awaking by the Revd Canon Dr William Lamb It is good that Christmas comes at the dark dream of the year That might wish to sleep ever. For birth is awaking, birth is effort and pain; And now at midwinter are the hints, inklin ...
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December 20th, 2024 at 10:00 am BSTView onlinePatience on a Monument by the Revd Naomi Gardom Henry Moore (1898-1986), Madonna and Child (1943-4), St Matthew’s Church, Northampton This Advent, I have been seeking out all sorts of images of the Madonna and Child. These images give ...
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December 13th, 2024 at 4:29 pm BSTView onlineGod chose weakness... by the Revd Hannah Cartwright As Christmas preparations gather pace, my thoughts begin to turn towards the crib; that cosy nest of hay, surrounded by oxen gently lowing as they await the Christ-child who would soon ...
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December 13th, 2024 at 12:05 pm BSTView onlineGod chose weakness... by the Revd Hannah Cartwright As Christmas preparations gather pace, my thoughts begin to turn towards the crib; that cosy nest of hay, surrounded by oxen gently lowing as they await the Christ-child who would soon ...
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December 6th, 2024 at 1:00 pm BSTView onlineIn the waiting… by Joanna Barrington I have a repetitive bad habit which rears it’s head annually - I never remember to begin burning my advent candle on December 1st! I guiltily spend a few hours burning it down during the first wee ...
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November 29th, 2024 at 3:55 pm BSTView onlineTitle by the Revd Canon Dr William Lamb A Matter of Conscience Members of Parliament have just voted on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. The Bill is to allow adults who are terminally ill, subject to safeguards and protectio ...
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November 22nd, 2024 at 10:00 am BSTView onlineThe Problem of Evil by the Revd Naomi Gardom ‘The Bible is a theodicy, a meditation on the problem of evil.’ So begins Marilynne Robinson’s commentary on the book of Genesis, the focus of our Bible study this term. The question of ...
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November 15th, 2024 at 9:00 am BSTView onlineKingdom Season by Dr Sarah Mortimer Until now I’ve been a little sceptical of ‘Kingdom Season’. In the time between All Saints and Advent, the language of majesty and ruling comes to the fore – and all that talk of dominion can s ...
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November 8th, 2024 at 10:00 am BSTView onlineFrom All Saints to Advent : A Season of Remembrance by Chris Leckey At autumn’s turn to All Saints’, as leaves the colour of sunsets fall to the ground and in time bear fruit, we taste and see God’s mystic wholeness m ...
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November 1st, 2024 at 9:00 am BSTView onlineTaking Tea with Death by the Revd Naomi Gardom The beginning of November brings a double commemoration in our liturgical calendar: the feasts of All Saints on 1st November and of All Souls on 2nd. On All Saints, we celebrate not just tho ...