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Revd Barry
May 30, 20201 min read
Thy Kingdom come
Choose the gospel reading from any Sunday Read the passage slowly, a few words at a time. Read it out loud or in a whisper, and repeat...
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Revd Barry
May 29, 20201 min read
Thy kingdom Come
Our Daily Bread In everyday life, draw on opportunities to feel fed – and as you do, really take in these experiences, weaving them into...
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Revd Barry
May 28, 20201 min read
Thy Kingdom Come
Choose a story from the Bible. Read the passage a few times to familiarise yourself with it. Now put the passage to one side and imagine...
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Revd Barry
May 27, 20201 min read
Thy Kingdom come
Use your imagination! Imagine that you are in a place you find warm and comforting. It could be outdoors somewhere, or it could be your...
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Revd Barry
May 26, 20201 min read
Thy Kingdom Come
“The person who sings, prays twice.” St Augustine Choose a piece of meditative, reflective music. Play the piece of music. When it is...
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Revd Barry
May 24, 20201 min read
Thy Kingdom Come
Keep an energy journal - or something similar! In Ignatian Spirituality we talk about Desolation or Consolation as clues for when we are...
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Revd Barry
May 23, 20201 min read
Thy Kingdom Come
24 hours Often this is done at night looking back over the day, but it can be done anytime looking back over the last 24 hours. With a...
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Revd Barry
May 22, 20201 min read
Thy kingdom Come
“Coming to our senses” Move through your senses, take as long as you feel right on each of the five senses. To start with that you...
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Revd Barry
Apr 24, 20201 min read
"Unless a grain of wheat..."
"Very truly I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces...
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Revd Barry
Apr 22, 20201 min read
A poem
When I grow intimate with the source of all that is, drawn near to its energy and love, there’s nothing left to do but rest. In a life of...
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Revd Barry
Apr 14, 20201 min read
Wise words
These words from a recent Richard Rohr blog struck me: 'Life is hard, and yet Jesus says, “My yoke is easy and my burden is light”...
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Revd Barry
Apr 8, 20201 min read
Quote for the day - 8th April
“Life is a storm, my young friend. You will bask in the sunlight one moment, be shattered on the rocks the next. What makes you a whole...
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Revd Barry
Apr 3, 20201 min read
"Love is stronger than death"
The meaning of the Resurrection of Jesus is summed up in the climactic line from the Song of Songs, “love is stronger than death” (8:6)....
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Revd Barry
Mar 31, 20201 min read
Praying in Crisis 31st March
Praying in Crisis - When we call out for help, we are bound more powerfully to God through our needs and weakness, our unfulfilled...
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Revd Barry
Mar 26, 20201 min read
Live Virtual Service on Sunday 29th March
If you would like to join in via Zoom with our live and interactive service on Sunday 29th March at 10.30 a.m. please email me on...
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Revd Barry
Mar 25, 20201 min read
The Feast of the Annunciation - 25th Maarch
Happy Feast of The Annunciation. Please watch my short video message on today's gospel reading.
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Revd Barry
Mar 24, 20201 min read
Coronavirus update 24th March 08.18 a.m.
Following both the PM's announcement last night and further guidance from Bishop James, we are now not able to open the church at all. It...
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Revd Barry
Mar 22, 20201 min read
Silent Prayer on Sunday
A very small number of people visited the church for personal, silent prayer and candle lighting this morning. Everyone followed the...
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Revd Barry
Mar 20, 20201 min read
A prayer during the coronavirus 20th March 14.32
I am giving you worship with all my life, I am giving you obedience with all my power, I am giving you praise with all my strength, I am...
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Revd Barry
Mar 19, 20201 min read
Coronavirus 19th March 08.10
This virus has uncovered for the world something we in the Christian community already know: that we’re all connected on a level that we...
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