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God is love … something we are often taught from our earliest years. But what does it mean to say that God is love? How should that...
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Dec 4
Advent Waiting
It is Advent and we are waiting. Waiting for the coming of our Saviour; waiting in anticipation and preparation for the coming festival;...
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Nov 26
Jesus our King
What is the difference between a subject and a citizen? While researching our Community history, I found some Sisters have the words...
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Nov 18
Courageous
Lydia Foreman, Eliza Whitlock and Emily Dempsey were all women who needed to reconfigure their lives, and their means of earning their...
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Nov 11
Delighted
How often do you relax with God? Praying, yes, but in a way that enables you to lean into the greatness and mercy of God’s love for you. ...
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Nov 4
Cheering (The Narrow Gate)
You could guarantee how the preacher would start their sermon. Every year, once a year. Every year a different preacher. Every year the...
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Oct 28
Maria Ling, Alice Barnby and Charlotte Ronalds
In exploring the lives of those of our early novices who did not remain in the Community, I have found it interesting that several also...
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Oct 21
Hananiah the false prophet
Hananiah could not stand the man. He was so negative and dragged down God’s people with his false prophecies, foretelling doom and...
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Oct 14
Body of Christ
We can all have our own individual relationship with God; when we pray, that may well be a time for ‘me and God’ (or possibly that should...
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Oct 7
Harvest Thanksgiving
I well remember harvest that year. 2004, I think it was. At that point, the Community Summer retreat took place at the end of August and...
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Sep 30
Seeing Clearly
You know what it’s like when you get something in your eye: you’re focussed on this irritation until you’ve managed to remove it. Yes,...
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Sep 23
Chosen. Sister Alice Faith
I was not sure that I would ever find out who Sr Alice Faith was. She was one of our Third Order, which was established for women who had...
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Sep 17
Grace
Those of you who are regular readers of this blog may have noticed the (inadvertent) challenge I set you last week, where I neglected to...
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Sep 9
Forever?
I’ve been intrigued a few times recently by hearing that something will ‘reduce the chance of death’. It’s an interesting phrase because,...
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Sep 2
Love never fails
It can be difficult to believe in a love that never fails when we live in a world where so often it does. We see the failure of love...
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Aug 27
Sister Jane (Comfort)
Born in 1847 in North Shields, Northumberland, Sr Jane was the daughter of Francis and Margaret Buck, according to her baptism record....
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Aug 12
Belonging
Most of us have various different groupings to which we belong. Family, work, friends. Then there are other organisations, which may well...
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Aug 5
The Lord looks at the heart
Samuel is sent to anoint one of Jesse’s sons as king of Israel. He is rather reluctant because, if Saul hears of it, he will be in...
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Jul 31
Sister Pamela's 50th
Mary Magdalene is one of the better known women of the New Testament. She was healed by Jesus of seven devils and then followed him, with...
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Jul 22
Mysterious (Sister Maria)
Sr Maria remains something of a mystery to me. I can find nothing of her background, so the only information I have is of her time in...
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