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What's so special about Methodism?
What's so special about Methodism?
by Pete Brazier
An exploration of what it is to be a 21st Century Methodist & what Methodism brings to the ecumenical table. What's so special about Methodism? By Pete Brazier ©Pete Brazier 2014 This is a course for those seeking membership, for those already in membership, for those deliberatel…
colours of silk
colours of silk
by Bernard Atkinson
Seen at a craft village in Cambodia. Silk is coloured with various vegetable dyes. Local villagers who have not been able to go to school are taught a craft which they can use to earn a living. Here the local young people are larning the crafts of cultivzting, colouring and spinn…
Jeremiah for everyone - Things can only get worse
Jeremiah for everyone - Things can only get worse
by SPCK - John Goldingay
Things Can Only Get Worse As a newly ordained minister I was required to take part in “post-ordination training,” irreverently known as “potty training.” It’s no criticism of it that decades later I remember little about it, but I do have one vivid memory…
Transforming Preaching - Introduction
Transforming Preaching - Introduction
by SPCK - David Heywood
Introduction I was never taught how to preach. My training included the opportunity to preach a sermon in front of a camera and review it, but little else. I have met many in a similar position. The only training we have received in preaching has come first through listening to o…
Prayer: God who gives us life
Prayer: God who gives us life
by Marjorie Dobson
Prayer: God who gives us life God who gives us life and energy, in this year of the Olympic Games we see so many athletes putting in extra training in the hope of gaining a place in the Olympic team. Each one is working so hard because they dream of the glory of winning a medal f…
Poem: This is my child
Poem: This is my child
by Marjorie Dobson
Poem: This is my child This is my child – and yet he is not mine. He is a special boy and though I fathered him I will not claim him as my own for he belongs to God. The miracle that brought him here was a promise fulfilled, but not to me alone, or to my wife. We are his parents …
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