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A New Day
I love the mornings at this time of year. Early sun. The world getting up. And the University is coming back to life – some staff returning, all of us working in new ways, and looking ahead to the new...
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Lifestyle Choices
As we emerge from lockdown, however it has been for us, and contemplate the next few weeks, there is an important opportunity to reflect on our lifestyle. What has changed? What needs to change? What are the good things we...
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The Fruit of the Spirit - Part 2
This week we continue our reflection on the fruit of the Spirit. Wonderful guidance, as we take time out, to pause our busy-ness and be refilled. I believe God’s grace is continually working – the wonder of his patience. I...
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The Fruit of the Spirit - Part 1
The summer vacation is a time of change – to get out of any “rut” we find ourselves in, to look up, look around, look over any horizons we see, and also to look back at ourselves. This reflection –...
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Who was Melchizedek?
I am sending a verse or two of scriptural encouragement each day to colleagues and friends. It is a contribution, I trust, to the sense of Christian unity that we are seeing in service to our community. It is meant...
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Campus Witness
Every now and then, someone has a go at me. They see my name badge, or clerical collar. I wear this on campus because strangers do not know my name but know what the dress code is representing, I trust...
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The Continual Pouring Out Of The Spirit
As I sit to write it is pouring with rain outside my window. Such a change after the summer we have had. And yet the grass is already freshly green. There are times when we need refreshment too. This can...
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Paul's Conversion - Reaching the Unreached
This weekend we remember Saul’s conversion. I wonder what the road to Damascus was like - a dusty, and busy highway. I wonder if Saul was in sight of Damascus when Jesus met him. Let’s imagine Saul, a man on...
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Psalm 37 - Trust
Psalm 37 is a great psalm to read in times of trouble and hardship – when “everything seems against you”! Do not fret. Trust in the Lord and do good. Delight in the Lord. Commit to him. Be still before...
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People Need To Be Together
Lockdown continues, isolation is beginning to wear us down, the future is still uncertain, the summer holidays (what?) are starting, the government is losing people’s trust, and new issues take over the front page. The extraordinary and worldwide reaction to...
