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We help each other keep our spirits up!
This week I attended a service at Christ Church, Julian Road, Bath to welcome and install a newly appointed priest in charge. Heather is new to the diocese, and this was a great celebration. Christ Church plays an important part...
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Paul in Corinth, and his teaching on unity. “Unity and Diversity in the Body”
Paul in Corinth, and his teaching on unity. “Unity and Diversity in the Body” Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so...
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Press on, look ahead, eyes up
Today’s set reading from Philippians, for Holy Communion this morning, has a word of direction and encouragement for us, as the month gets underway. St Paul writes: “But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of...
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Epiphany reflection - What can we learn from the shepherds and Magi?
Luke 2: 15-20 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” So they hurried...
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Dealing with Tough News
‘Do all things without murmuring and arguing, so that you may become blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world.’ (Philippians 2:14-15)...
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Dealing with Anxiety
Cast all your anxiety on Him because he cares for you. (1 Peter 5:7) This week, university studying has started. The joy and exuberance of Welcome Week – the exciting noise of young people freshly away from home, discovering...
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Sanctuary and Journey: The foundation of Welcome Week
Psalm 84: 1-7 How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow...
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Mystical Translation
This week, read more from Chaplain Karen writing for the Methodist Church's Theology Everywhere. In this article she talks translation and the human element: "When we look back at our lives, many of us might name moments when a person...
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Tending the fire: Chaplaincy past and future
It’s 25 years since I first got involved with the Chaplaincy at the University of Bath. There have been a lot of changes - Eastwood seemed the trendy newbuild, imagine Bath without a computer science department! There are some things...
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Student retreat in daily life
Second year Chem Eng student Helena Taylor shared her experience of the recent student ‘at home’ retreat week organised by University of Bath Chaplain Karen Turner in conjunction with Bath Spa Uni. “The week started with all the participants meeting...
