Poetry and Dementia: A Practical Guide
John Killick
Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2017  ISBN: 9781785921766  £16.99
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I wonder what your relationship to poetry is? I have met some people that simply do not get this way of expression; others who simply have
A crisis of Care ?
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Contrast two scenes. The first is a restaurant – where the food is carefully prepared and warmly served in an atmosphere which seeks to delight its customers. The second is a hospital. Parking the car is nearly impossible – the long impersonal corridors where people a
Holiday reading (1) Gordon Brown My life, Our Times Bodley Head 2017.
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Having successfully downsized my living and therefore 'storage' arrangements I think twice about buying a book! I was, however,  immediately drawn to this political autobiography, not least because on the two occasions I met Gordon Brown I found
Bradbury on Practical theology and Pierre-Andre Liege : Book Review
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Practical theology and Pierre-Andre Liege : Radical Dominican and Vatican II Pioneer
Nicholas Bradbury
AshGate 2015 £65.00 ISBN 9781472418708
This is giant of a text from the priest with long experience of ministry, learning, leadership and reflective practice.
Conundrums in Practical Theology : Book Review
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Conundrums in Practical Theology. By Joyce Ann Mercer and Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore, Boston: Brill, 2016. 320 pages. $76. (PBK). ISBN 978-90-04-32423-7.
Reviewed by: James Woodward, Principal of Sarum College, Salisbury and Visiting Professor of Theology, t
Advent Offers an Invitation to Wait and Hope
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We are midway through the season running up to Christmas, which is called Advent. One of its key themes is the importance for us to see the possibilities that waiting might bring or us.
I overheard a child in Tesco this week say to her brother, "I can't wait for
Please pray for me
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As a priest, I should not be surprised at how often sometimes perfect strangers ask me to pray for them. Sometimes it is related to a specific difficulty or crisis – more often than not people understandably take comfort from the reality of being prayed for.
Waiting and Wondering
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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