Subject: News from the University Church
News from the University Church
August 11th, 2023 at 3:11 pm BSTView online Water water everywhere... by Janie Bickersteth It’s been quite a summer for rain, yet last year we experienced drought. Some would say “was ever thus” and yes, I do remember very wet summer holidays in my childhood, but extrem ...
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August 4th, 2023 at 3:00 pm BSTView online Faith and deeds by Janet Greenland The letter that James wrote to the twelve scattered tribes has always appealed to me, probably because I find easier to ‘do’ than to contemplate what I could, or should, be doing, and because I ...
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July 28th, 2023 at 5:27 pm BSTView online Theology for a burning world by the Revd Naomi Gardom I doubt I’m alone in having read the news of the recent heatwave in Southern Europe, and of the attendant wildfires, with a combination of horror, helplessness, and hopelessnes ...
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July 21st, 2023 at 9:37 pm BSTView online Speaking of Universities by the Revd Canon Dr William Lamb Higher education is in the news again. The government has promised to cap numbers on what its ministers describe as ‘rip-off’ university degrees that don’t lead to a w ...
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July 14th, 2023 at 4:43 pm BSTView online Such good things as pass our understanding by the Revd Naomi Gardom In Marilynne Robinson’s novel Gilead, two elderly clergy discuss what they think heaven might be like. One of them says ‘Mainly I just think about the splendou ...
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July 7th, 2023 at 4:41 pm BSTView online Summer Evensong by Robert Howarth, Director of Music It is a huge privilege to be able to direct the music for the Evensongs in the University Church because of the church's association with Thomas Cranmer, who devised the Book of ...
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June 30th, 2023 at 3:00 pm BSTView online What’s in a name… by Patricia O'Neill The Lord heals the broken-hearted and binds up their woundsHe determines the number of the stars, he gives to all of them their namesPsalm 147 v 3 - 4 My convent schooling offered an eccentr ...
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June 23rd, 2023 at 5:53 pm BSTView online Windrush by the Revd Hannah Cartwright This week marked the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Empire Windrush ship as it docked for the first time in Essex on the 22nd June 1948 carrying passengers from Caribbean countries. Arr ...
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June 16th, 2023 at 3:57 pm BSTView online Learning to become a Mary by Alison Le Cornu I have always felt indignant when I read or listen to the biblical account of Jesus reproaching his dear friend Martha when she asked him to tell her sister Mary to help her with the chor ...
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June 9th, 2023 at 3:00 pm BSTView online Very old trees by Tess Blenkinsop Very old trees are often found in churchyards, the most ancient often being yews. The reason for their long survival could be that these are unprotected areas, unthreatened by felling. It may also b ...