Inkling Two: Place and Space in the Rural Church. by Sarah Cawdell (Inklings One, Three , Four and Five) I have been re-reading one of my main theological text books. I have two that are standard reading, and a few others that I refer back to occasionally – Jubilate, and Finding the Church for example. … Continue Reading
In the beginning, a meal Humanity’s eyes opened to see – what? Nakedness Innocence lost In the beginning – a poetic exploration of the consequence of humanity seeking to be like God, but instead sharing in deceit – a deceit that will lead to suspicion and, in time, rivalry and death – murder. Personal gratification, … Continue Reading
Sermon preached at the Maundy Thursday Chrism Eucharist Salisbury Cathedral, 21 April 2011 At this Eucharist, where thanksgiving is central, I would like to begin with thanks. Thanks for your prayers for me and the senior staff during this vacancy. It has been an extraordinary learning experience. Thanks to God for guiding all involved in … Continue Reading
Women at the Cross by Elaine Storkey Reading: Mark 15 25-41; Luke 23 50-56 There were many bystanders at the public execution on that first Good Friday. Some came for the experience; the spectacle of human torture and death is magnetic for those with an appetite for cruelty. Others came because it was their job. They were … Continue Reading
Jesus Calls Us To His Table by Andrew Goddard Jesus calls us to his table as he did before he died; called his friends so frail and faithless, one betrayed and one denied. Son of God yet friend of sinners, breaking bread and sharing wine: tokens of your costly passion, signs and seals of love … Continue Reading
The Nativity Protection and Promise Mary was led out of Nazareth, for her protection from prying eyes, as her waist grew, to stay with Elizabeth for promise fulfilment and peaceful pondering. Mary was led out of Nazareth, for her protection from flying stones, as the day drew near, to travel with Joseph for Bethlehem’s promise … Continue Reading
The Religion of Celebrity What does the rise of the cult of celebrity tell us about ourselves, about religion and about the way they collide? by Pete Ward Celebrity is ubiquitous; it has come to dominate the media discourses in every field of life; from sport to politics and the arts to the environment. Gossip … Continue Reading
Law, Liturgy, Wisdom By Benjamin Guyer Co-published with Covenant Richard Hooker is oftentimes described as the founding figure of the Anglican tradition. This is, however well intentioned, a half-truth. It is certainly true that Hooker’s great, unfinished theological work, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie (hereafter, Laws), was a key text in Anglican arguments against Puritanism. … Continue Reading
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life. by Canon Francis Omondi Rev 2:8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again: Rev 2:9 I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art rich), and … Continue Reading
A Prior Meeting by Graham Kings “Solvitur ambulando” around the ‘cloister’ meadow of Grey Friars, Canterbury. Five days in Bec, Normandy, now, beckoned and called, four days, silent, in Canterbury. Cassock forgotten, now vested from the vestry, a gift, it turns out, from Bec. “Something-than-which- nothing-greater-can-be-conceived” is God. Quite a thought from Anselm, a Prior … Continue Reading