My parents arrives this weekend to say good bye to good old Brum and especially dear old Temple Balsall. I decided to park their bag safely in the car and go for a wander. My attempt to buy a copy of Pesvner failed and I couldnt spot anything else interesting on the New shlves of
Approaching Holy Week
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a lion of courage
When death comes
like the hungry bear in autumn;
when death comes and takes all the bright coins from his purse
to buy me, and snaps the purse shut;
when death comes
like the measle-pox:
when death comes
like an iceberg between the shoulder blades,
The power of Art
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Regular readers of my blog will know of my interest and enthusiasm for art! One of the tasks of the removals people will be to safe guard a number of images that have become life enhancing for me on my spiritual journey.
In St Mary's Church some years ago we embarked on the
God and Money
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Amidst the perplexing world of economics I came across this piece which is worth reflecting on.
The past months have seen the most chaotic and severe malfunction of the banking system since the 1920s, writes Sabina Alkire as she offers a Christian perspective on the economi
Sir Terry Frost
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On Monday I wrote about Terry Frost - and then came across this excellent Obit which is worth reading:
From The Times
September 3, 2003
Sir Terry Frost
Exuberant artist whose decades-long adventure in abstraction remained firmly grounded in a love of natural forms
Questions and Answers?
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I beg you.... to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart
and try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or
books written in a very foriegn language. Don't search for the answers
which could not be given to you now, because you would not be
Terry Frost
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Packing up home is always an interesting combination of hell and liberation - amongst my clutter are soem lovely Frost images - do you know his work?
Sir Terry Frost R.A (born Terence Ernest Manitou Frost) was an English artist noted for his abstracts.
Born in Leamington Sp
Chris Mullen
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A View from the Foothills:
Diaries of Chris Mullen,
Profile Books
I thought twice about purchasing this book, but two things clinched the deal with Waterstones – you hardly need any more of my money!
The first was the inevitable tease of £5 off the retail price a
Good
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The old man comes out on the hill
and looks down to recall earlier days
in the valley. He sees the stream shine,
the church stand, hears the litter of
children's voices. A chill in the flesh
tells him that death is not far off
now: it is the shadow under the great boughs
of
Blessing or Curse? You decide!
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1 million spams and a virus bring down Bishop of Manchester & Church of England email systems.
The central offices of the Diocese of Manchester were without email from 3-13 March (10 days) following a virus infecting its servers and an unprecedented amount of spam. Th
Be Free
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Rumi has written some of the most astonishing poetry - read on
In the end you disappeared, gone beyond sight
Strange, the path you took, leaving this world
Strange how the beat of your wings destroyed the cage
And you flew to the world of the soul.
You were a nightingal
Memory Lingers Here
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I sat in Newcastle City Centre on a Friday morning amidst the great cathedrals of that place – the shops and cafes full of worshippers and looking quite satisfied with their commitments to these rituals.
I picked up my mug of fair-trade coffee and sat outside in the square
Clementine Churchill
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Clementine Churchill
by Mary Soames
(Doubleday 2002)
One of the great wonders and advantages of second-hand book shops is the real sense of getting a bargain! Don’t you love buying something at a fraction of its original price and somehow feeling that you are pounds in
The Art Gallery Walsall
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I blogged about the Black Country on Saturday 6th of March. One of the best developments there is the spectacular Art Gallery built in Walsall. Here is a taster to tempt you!
The New Art Gallery is sited in the centre of the Walsall. It was built with £21 million of public fund
Forgiveness??
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu was the chairman of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The TRC was created by Nelson Mandela’s Government of National Unity in 1995 to help South Africans come to terms with their extremely troubled past. It was established to
The Black Country
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I have lived in the Midlands as long as I have lived anywhere - and the roads, its districts and scenery are like familiar friends. I hardly need a map - and can sometimes even anticipate possible hold ups on the ever conjested roads. It seems strange to feel that I shall soon be
Creationism?
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Theos has announced Biggest evolution and God survey ever launched today.
Among its key findings, the report reveals that:
Only 54% of people know that Charles Darwin wrote The Origin of Species (3% believe he wrote The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins and 1% think he wrote T
Chagall and his brilliance
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Chagall: Love and Exile
by Jackie Wullschlager,
Allen Lane 2008.
£30 580pp
This book must rank as one of the best pieces of writing that I have come across for many a year…. And regular readers to my blog will know that I have a certain enthusiasm for books! It really i
Valuing Age
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Authors are vain creatures - and reviews of their own books are anticipated with some interest - here is a review from the Church Times.
Valuing Age: Pastoral ministry with older people
James Woodward
SPCK £12.99 (978-0-281-05779-5)
SAUDI ARABIA has an extreme