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Advent: Are we ready?

Posted on December 4, 2016 by faithgoeswalkabout

Advent calling. Are you getting ready, what can you actually do to get ready, how much time do you need and will this have the right effect? My Advent reading this year is with Tom Wright, a great writer of commentaries … Continue reading →

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Welcome at West New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea

Posted on November 7, 2015 by faithgoeswalkabout

In September 2015, I arrived in West New Britain Island, Papua New Guinea. The warriors were the most spectacular sight and a welcome of dance, colour and warmth. We were to see the dancers on a few occasion, they were … Continue reading →

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The best gift of all! The Holy Spirit

Posted on May 24, 2015 by faithgoeswalkabout

Acts 2: 1- 21 And just how amazed do you think the disciples would have been to find that they were speaking in different languages! Can you imagine it now? What would people have said? A great crowd of people … Continue reading →

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Easter Sunday

Posted on April 5, 2015 by faithgoeswalkabout

Easter Sunday April 5th Is there Hope?  Matthew 28:1- 10  Acts 10 34-43 Alleluia, Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed, Alleluia! What a week! Quite a story, starting with the triumphal ride into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday on the … Continue reading →

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The Last Supper

Posted on April 2, 2015 by faithgoeswalkabout

Maundy Thursday and the day when Jesus gathered with his friends in an upstairs room in Jerusalem for the Last Supper. Today begins the time when Jesus becomes passive in the final stages of his life, he starts at the … Continue reading →

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Jesus Accepts us as we are

Posted on March 9, 2015 by faithgoeswalkabout

Lent 3 – Jesus accepts us as we are with our faults. He finds us where we are, not where we wish to be or even think we should be and hope to be, but where we are. In this … Continue reading →

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Epiphany 6 January

Posted on January 6, 2015 by faithgoeswalkabout

              In Spain on 6th January the celebrations are held for the Twelfth Day of Christmas. The streets of the Spanish capital are filled with children who are waiting to see the parade of … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve

Posted on December 24, 2014 by faithgoeswalkabout

In those days a decree went out from Emperor Augustus that all should be registered. All went to their own towns to be registered. Joseph also went from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, … Continue reading →

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Darkness and Light

Posted on December 5, 2014 by faithgoeswalkabout

              One candle burns at the start of Advent, in St Clement’s Church, Terrington St Clement, a magnificent and pretty church in the Fens, sometimes called the Cathedral of the Fens. The light shone … Continue reading →

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Martha Collison and Big Bake

Posted on November 16, 2014 by faithgoeswalkabout

Martha Collison, famous now for her charm and delicious baking on The Great British Bake Off has a really enchanting interview with Church Times on 14 November. It’s always the page that I read first, the back page!! Martha has … Continue reading →

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