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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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We Begin With Prayer for Peace
A Sermon Preached on February 27, 2022The Sunday Next to Lentwith special readings and prayers for peaceat the Anglican Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Kefalas, Cretein the Diocese in Europe, Church of England The readings used were Isaiah 9.1-6, … Continue reading
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Of Christ’s Inn and Shepherds
An Advent Retreat with George Herbert, Day Twenty: Christmas Eve George Herbert wrote a poem named Christmas and so we will close our Advent retreat with it, anticipating the late evening Christ Mass and the celebration on Christmas Day. Christmas … Continue reading
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Anthropoangelic Praise
An Advent Retreat with George Herbert, Day Nineteen: Thursday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent As we approach Christmas we should turn to praise. Here is another poem named Antiphon, by which Herbert means a chorus sung by two choirs … Continue reading
Form and Content: “Trinity Sunday”
An Advent Retreat with George Herbert, Day Eighteen: Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent To demonstrate that Herbert was not a true Puritan, one need only look at his poems on feast days. He wrote about Good Friday, Easter, … Continue reading
Mr Herbert’s Sunday Service
An Advent Retreat with George Herbert, Day Seventeen: Tuesday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Struck by yesterday’s poem The Agony I raised the question about what kind of churchmanship Herbert belonged to. Following the Restoration his The Country Parson … Continue reading
The Cost of Sweating Blood
An Advent Retreat with George Herbert, Day Sixteen: Monday after the Fourth Sunday of Advent Enough with difficult Greek poems, today we return to the sequence near the beginning of The Temple. As with the previous four poems, it deals … Continue reading
The Island Parson 