I find myself along with others caught up in quite absurd activity as ‘ the Christmas rush’ bears down. I discover that in this maddness I have no evenings free before Christmas and wonder how much of this is of my own making! An early flurry of sleet and the promise of
Visiting the Memory Café ; Embracing better Dementia Care
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Visiting the Memory Café and other Dementia Care Activities     Â
Evidence-based Interventions for Care Homes
Edited by Caroline Baker and Jason Corrigan-Charlesworth.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2017, ISBN: 9781785922527
£16.99
They can be few families who
Enlarging our Hearts at the Cinema with Paddington2 and Wonder
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The Salisbury Odeon is one of the oldest buildings in town with an impressive mediaeval hall which leads into four or perhaps five screens. Friends will know that it is a favourite haunt of mine – sometimes just a very helpful release from work – at other times important for
Where do we look for treasure ?
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THE RABBI OF KRACOW
There once was a pious rabbi, Eisik of Kracow, capital of Poland, who had a dream in which a voice told him to go to far-off Prague, where under the great bridge to the royal castle he would discover a hidden treasure. This same commanding
Sunday Pause for Thought Trinity 15 : God has No Favourites
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Sunday 24 September 2017
The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
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Common Worship Lectionary
Proper 20
Exodus 16.2–15
The Lord sends manna from heaven
Psalm 105.1–6, 37–45*
God’s faithfulness to Israel
Philippians 1.21–30
Living is Christ
Sunday Pause for Thought – The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
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The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
Common Worship Lectionary
Proper 19
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Exodus 14.19–31
Israel saved by Moses parting the waters
Psalm 114 or
Israel fled from Egypt to sanctuary in Judah
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Canticle: Exodus 15.1b–11, 20, 21
Mosesâ
The Moral Heart of Public Service
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The Moral Heart of Public Service - Edited by Claire Foster Gilbert Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2017) ISBN 9781785922558 £18.99
Westminster Abbey takes its location to serve our national life with utmost seriousness. As well as attracting visitors from across the world the
On Inhabiting Creation Tide ( on taking notice)
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Almighty God
We stand before the mirror of your eternity, within
the radiance of your majesty.
Through your Holy Spirit, enlighten the darkness of
our minds, challenge the comfort of our perception,
giving us a right faith, a firm hope, and a perfect love;
that the world ma
Sunday Pause for Thought – The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
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The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity
Common Worship Lectionary
Proper 18
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Exodus 12.1–14
Instructions for celebrating the first Passover
Psalm 149
God is on Israel’s side
Romans 13.8–14
Awake from sleep – put on the armour o
Sunday Pause for Thought – The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
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The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity
Common Worship Lectionary
Proper 17
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Exodus 3.1–15
God reveals the divine name to Moses at the burning bush
Psalm 105.1–6, 23–26, 45b*
Seek the Lord, make known his deeds
Romans 12.9–21
Let love
Poetry on Sunday
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a lyrical manifesto for large-hearted living.
Walk through life
Beautiful more than anything
Stand in the sunlight
Walk through life
Love all the things
That make you strong,
be lovers, be anything
For
Sunday Pause for Thought – The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
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The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity
Saying yes to Jesus leads straight into a practical role. Peter, the rock, signifies the church in its day-to-day life – its ultimate victory on behalf of God is sure. We are reminded in the Old Testament readings that the greatness of G
Lingering Ghosts and the challenges of Public Art
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For those of you who know Sarum College you will be aware that we have a long tradition of exhibiting Art. At the moment we are showing some arresting and disturbing portraits crafted by Sam Ivin (pictured above)
Sam Ivin is a photographer whose work focuses on s
Padre Addison VC and Sarum College
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It was a great pleasure and privilege yesterday for us to welcome guests to Sarum College to mark the centenary of the award of the Victoria Cross to one of our former students ( The Reverend William Addison )
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Sunday Pause for Thought – Tenth Sunday after Trinity 2017
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These lectionary resources were originally written for RSCM Sunday by Sunday magazine and are reprinted here with their permission.
For further information about their work do visit
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Sunday Pause for Thought : Ninth Sunday after Trinity 2017
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For further information about their work do visit
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Confused Angry Anxious?
Why working with older people in care can be really difficult and what to do about it
Bo Hejlskov Elven, Charlotte Agger and Iben Ljungmann
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2017 192pp ISBN: 9781785922152
Positive Communication
Activities to reduce is
God Curious & the Importance of Theology
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God Curious: Exploring Eternal Questions
Stephen Cherry
JKP 2017
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Over 30 years ago I trained for Ministry alongside Stephen at Westcott House in Cambridge. There were three particular things that I remember about Stephen. The first was his reflective intelligence. The
A Cry of Absence ?
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A Cry of Absence
Reflections for the winter of the Heart
Martin E. Marty
W IPF 1983
This narrative emerges out of a particular experience, that of the death of the author’s wife, Elsa, from cancer. Marty narrates the life changing trauma at t
Embracing our Mortality ?
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Marion Carter
Helping children and adolescents think about death, dying and bereavement
Jessica Kingsley publishers 2016
£16.99
ISBN 9781785920110
Carlo Leget
Art of Living, Art of Dying
Jessica Kingsley publishers 2017
£14.99
ISBNÂ Â 978178592