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If you wanted a blog run by an experienced blogger look elsewhere - I am a beginner. I am a mum, Anglican Bishop, Dame and poor potter - welcome.
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- Doing the right thing is often the hardest thing
- My Story By Monica Bolley Part 3 We journey together in hope
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- “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid”
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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Opening up our Morality
New Scientist last week (16th October 2010 volume 208 No 2782) ran a special report on the origins of morality. Its reports seek to open up our understanding of morality as being not just the domain of philosopher or theologian … Continue reading
From darkness to light
As I sit here writing I am watching the emotional screens as the 33 Chilean Miners are brought to the surface having spent 69 days trapped in the San Jose mine in Chile. They are images which many of us … Continue reading
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Standing in the margins
Yesterday was World Mental Health Day, a day which seeks to promote awareness of services that support people with mental illness and to reduce the stigma of mental ill health. This year the annual pack of information sent to me by … Continue reading
Harvest – the mark of a new season
This weekend we celebrated harvest in all of the three Churches of the Sutton Team Ministry. The children made vegetable heads, we decorated our churches, we ran a beetle drive, listened to jazz, we ate well then today we praised … Continue reading
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Black History Month – Seeing things through other people’s eyes and in their shoes
Earlier this month you may have seen the comments in the media about what one of the Pope’s senior advisers – Cardinal Walter Kasper, said in an interview, in news magazine Focus (published on 13 September) which rightly provoked … Continue reading
Contemplation in the shadow of a carpark 