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The Gospel According to Mark: Some Preliminary Notes
In September 2023 we started an in-person Small Group Bible Study here in the Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Crete, and we meet at 4:00 PM every Monday at a congregant’s home. The group decided to study the … Continue reading
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Tagged Critical Editions of Mark, Gospel according to Mark, Gospel of Mark, Mark, New Testament, Translation
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The Name of God
A Sermon preached on The Thirteenth Sunday after Trinityat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Crete on September 3, 2023, at 11:00 am The readings were Exodus 3.1-15, Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45c, and Matthew 16:21-28. “If they … Continue reading
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Four Last Things: Judgement
A Sermon Preached on The First Sunday of Adventat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the Third of December 2023, 11:00 am. The readings were Isaiah 64:1-9, Psalm 80:1-8, 18-20, and Mark 13:24-37. In the past … Continue reading
Four Last Things: Death
A Sermon preached on The Second Sunday before Adventat The Anglican Church of St. Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Creteon the 19th of November, 2023, at 11:00 am The readings were 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18, Psalm 90.1-12, and Matthew 25:1-13. I am … Continue reading
Resurrection: Another Advent with Herbert
Today’s poem, like yesterday’s, is a two-parter, and there is a well-documented evolution of it in the two manuscripts known to scholars as “W” and “B”. The changes are well described well by Drury (pp. 142-143) who likes this poem … Continue reading
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Start with his Death: Another Advent with Herbert
George Herbert (1593-1633) was a Welsh-born English poet, the younger son of a wealthy family that owned much land. As a younger son he had minimal expectation of inheriting any of it so long as his elder brother Richard lived … Continue reading
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An Address at a Brief Service Honouring Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Delivered at Souda Bay Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery, Souda, Crete, GreeceSeptember 16, 2022, 10:00 am We are gathered here on hallowed ground – ground that is holy not because of consecratory prayers made by a vicar or chaplain, or because … Continue reading
Hymns for Sunday, August 7, 2022
These are the hymns we will be using at the Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, on the island of Crete in Greece. Hymn numbers refer to Complete Mission Praise. August 7, 2022 Eighth Sunday after TrinityThe Rev’d … Continue reading
The Nag Hammadi Library & “Gnosticism”: A Short Introduction
After finishing Living Stones, Living Hope, a five session study from USPG on Contextual Theology, our online Small Group Bible Study suggested that we have some sessions on “the Gnostic gospels”. As I had spent some time two decades ago … Continue reading
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The Island Parson 