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Dean of Guildford Local Ministry Programme
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Welcome to Narnia! My morning walk today
January 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Beautiful frosty morning
January 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
December 29, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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Thinking about 2025? Think about studying theology and book on a St Hild Open Day. To find out more. https://buff.ly/3Zm23Ce
December 30, 2024 at 10:00 AM
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A very happy Christmas, BlueSky friends!
December 25, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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Lovely piece on why poetry matters from Simon Armitage
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFcs...
Simon Armitage | Poet Laureate
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December 24, 2024 at 12:46 PM
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'In 2023, the number of people attending Church of England services increased by 5 per cent.'

✍️ Justin Brierley
The surprising truth about the West's Christian revival
Many Christian leaders have noticed something happening in their churches and in the wider culture: Christianity is becoming popular
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December 23, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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"Why do we have to spend our lives striving to be something that we would never want to be, if only we knew what we wanted? Why do we waste our time doing things, which, if we only stopped to think about them, are just the opposite of what we were made for?"
December 10, 2024 at 3:32 PM
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shakespeare.lol
Friends am I with you all, and love you all
December 10, 2024 at 4:20 PM
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Interested in studying theology? Book on a St Hild Open Day at https://buff.ly/3Zm23Ce
December 9, 2024 at 11:59 AM
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Christian Uffmann wins linguist prof of 2024. This video is iconic. Definitely worth watching and I say this as someone who is terminally not interested in watching video content.

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Meet Christian Uffmann! #phonology
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December 5, 2024 at 11:57 PM
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Let us do nothing by halves.
#JaneAusten #MansfieldPark
December 5, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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November 27, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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P/T, contract, hybrid working.
Online magazine experience desirable.

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November 27, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Also out this month is New Churches: A Theology edited by Will Foulger and Joshua Cockayne
20% off here: scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978033...
Front cover of a blue book on a yellow background, with various designs of cross to decorate. The title is New Churches A Theology. Edited by Will Foulger and Joshua Cockayne Endorsement by Right Reverend Ric Thorpe, Bishop of Islington, that reads: It is a rich nursery of insights and reflections aerating and fertilising the soil where new churches are emerging and growing.
November 26, 2024 at 3:10 PM
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Theology students & book lovers. We have a large range of high quality secondhand theology books for sale at St Clare’s, all priced much lower than Amazon. Spread the word 😊 #books #theology #cofe stclaresatthecathedral.org/product/qual...
Picture showing a selection of book covers, part of the collection of books for sale at St Clare’s.
November 25, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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Angry people are not always wise.
#JaneAusten #PrideandPrejudice
November 25, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Better happens incrementally. The first steps aren’t dramatic, and in fact, might even be less effective than what came before. But small steps repeated again and again transform our culture when no one is looking.

The best way to make things better is to begin.

~ Seth Godin
November 24, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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scmpress.bsky.social
It's also useful to know that we always offer 20% off our titles in the month they are published - so for this month that's these two:
The front cover of the book 'New Churches: A Theology' edited by Will Foulger and Joshua Cockayne, published by SCM Press. The cover is mid blue and it has lots of different designs of crosses around the title and author names. The front cover of the book 'The Messianic Commons: Images of the Messiah After Modernity' by David Benjamin Blower, published by SCM Press. The cover is white with a drawing of a tower with a spiral stair round the outside like a helter skelter, with people carrying sacks up to the top, a pulley bringing goods up to the different layers and two people operating the pulley by crank at the bottom.
November 14, 2024 at 11:45 AM