Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, April 21, 2010,
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Random
The ash cloud has meant that our trip to the US has been cancelled. We will be going away for a holiday, however, and we set off for the Isle of Wight to see our friends for a couple of days and then to a cottage in deepest Dorset for a week. Blogging will be light while I'm away due to lack of broadband access.
Posted by Dyfed on Thursday, April 15, 2010,
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Random
Tomorrow we fly off to the United States (depending on the ash cloud!) to
spend two weeks with our friends Ron and Lisa Fess. Though blogging may well be
sporadic while we’re away, it will not disappear altogether. I have been
fascinated by the US since my school days when I studied
Geography for A level and that country was part of the curriculum. The other
country outside the UK that was part of the study was...
Posted by Dyfed Roberts on Tuesday, April 13, 2010,
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Post-Christendom
Westminster 2010 claims to be a
‘declaration of Christian conscience’. It was launched on Easter Sunday at the
start of what is an important General Election in the UK. With some thirty influential
church leaders being among the first signatories, it certainly packs a punch
and is a shot across the bows of all political parties at this time. Its
unmistakeable aim is to stand up for ‘Christian’ values at a t...
Posted by Dyfed on Monday, April 12, 2010,
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Random
I was on television six times last
Thursday. Did you see me? It was from the launch of Plaid’s national campaign
for the General Election here in the UK. I was sitting on the front row
right in front of the speaker’s podium. Apparently all the BBC’s main news
programmes carried footage of the event as well as it being live on Sky and
then later on Channel 4 News. Wonderful coverage. In fact I was seen more of...
Posted by Dyfed on Friday, April 9, 2010,
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Prayer-walking
Does history leave a mark on
geography in a spiritual sense? It clearly does in a physical sense: we see
history all around us in all our communities. Here on Anglesey we have a medieval castle – a
structure that speaks about a period of conquest and subjugation.It’s only a popular tourist attraction today
but it represents a real past. There are many other reminders of the long
history of this island – fr...
Posted by Dyfed on Thursday, April 8, 2010,
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Apostolic
I have a bee in my bonnet about the
apostolic. In fact regular readers of the blog would say I have several bees in
several bonnets about a whole host of things, but I think especially the
concept of the apostolic is stirring something in me these days. I’ve already
posted some thoughts, but I’d like to develop more over the next few weeks.
They’re not going to be fully thought out truths about what an apos...
Posted by Dyfed on Wednesday, April 7, 2010,
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Post-Christendom
The church shaped by the Roman Empire gave us an institution that bears
little resemblance to the vision of the body of Christ in the New Testament.
Before going on to look at the principles for finding a new shape suggested by
Stuart Murray in his Post-Christendom, let’s recap on what he has been
saying so far in chapters 1 to 7. How has the church been shaped by empire?
Two great links for you here. First, Channel 4 News' FactCheck blog and then Times Online Factchecker page. Both sites claim to be independent checkers of the 'facts' presented to us by the parties during this election. Great stuff! Though a sad indictment on the lack of credibility our politicians have.
Posted by Dyfed on Tuesday, April 6, 2010,
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Emerging Kingdom
When Jesus talks about those who ‘thirst
and hunger for righteousness’, what is it that they have desire for? Is it that
they desire to be righteous in the sense that they are in a right relationship
with God, that they live a life that is holy and set apart for him? This would probably
be the usual reading of this verse.
But in a book I read over the Easter
holiday – Justification: God’s Plan and Paul’...
Posted by Dyfed on Thursday, April 1, 2010,
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Random
It’s ‘Maundy Thursday’ – but then
you knew that, didn’t you? It is a day marked in very different ways across the
spectrum of Christian tradition but at the heart of each is the celebration of
the first Communion, enacted by Jesus in his last supper with the disciples
before his death. It was then that Jesus, according to John’s Gospel, washed
the feet of the 12 and many churches mark the day by holding ... Continue reading ...
Posts on my Tumblr site willI now appear here. Tumblr's ability to post by text and email will help me blog even when away from my desk!
Some thoughts following my visit to Occupy London.
October 27th 2011
Ok so there’s plenty to disagree with but this is such a good song.
October 12th 2011
There are so many draining things we can focus on during the day: how we appear to others, how much others do or don’t respect us, how we can get people to do what we want. But once we become aware of the negative impact of these areas of focus, we can get clear on - even excited about - who we really want to be … We can shift our focus toward qualities like mercy, gentleness, courage, and the many others that bring true joy in our lives and in the lives of others.
