Failed fantasy
'We are released from the fantasy that that we have to rescue ourselves, make ourselves good enough, even when we know (albeit we never...
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Ruth
Dec 24, 20172 min read
Angels....
We get sent all over the place; we get sent to all kinds of people; we get sent to say all kinds of things....but whatever else we say,...
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Ruth
Dec 19, 20172 min read
The angels and the shepherds
It sounds very romantic and cosy, when I hear people talk about; watching over our flocks in the fields by night and all that. But, as I...
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dawn138
Dec 17, 20171 min read
The Prologue From John's Gospel
Read by The Revd Dr Simon Woodman Bloomsbury Carol Celebration 2017
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Ruth
Dec 11, 20172 min read
Mary's angel
It was fine for Zecheriah - he may have lost his voice, but at least he was married, he was respectable, he knew what was going on, and...
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Dawn Cole-Savidge
Dec 10, 20171 min read
Light in the Darkness
Speed-drawing of 'Light in the Darkness', a meditation on the prologue to John's Gospel; accompanied by the Bloomsbury Chamber Choir...
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Ruth
Dec 4, 20172 min read
Zechariah's story
I had so looked forward to my week in the Temple. It only came round occasionally - there are so many of us with the right to serve at...
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Simon Woodman
Dec 4, 20171 min read
Creation in Advent
Many ancient Jews believed that God looked like their kings, and so they described God in terms of having a heavenly court, and sitting...
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dawn138
Nov 30, 20171 min read
The Wise Men
"We need saving from the compulsions that determine who we are when we are acting unreflectingly; or distort who we are, even when it’s...
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Dawn Cole-Savidge
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Spiritual Successors
"God moves in the mundane, and the small things… and I think about all the stuff you do – the ripples, and the stories, and the line of...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Jesus the Thief
"This is how Jesus came, it is how he still comes, and it is how he will come again, and again, and again. The light of the world comes...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Keeping the Rumour of God Alive
"Maybe the task before each of us is that of ‘keeping the rumour of God alive’, where the power of words is used to keep alive the story...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Peace at Christmas?
"The claim that Jesus is the true king of the earth presents a direct challenge to all other earthly claims to power. If we think of the...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20172 min read
'Good News' story, or good 'News Story'?
Take the news of a royal wedding, or the announcement of the expectation of yet another royal baby; both topics which have dominated our...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Christmas Day Sermon, 2014
"This is a messiah for all people, not just for powerful men. He is a messiah for those whom society devalues, a messiah for shepherds...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Waiting with Mary
"For Mary, this teenage mother the call of God on her life was far from straightforward! The signs of promise were there but they were...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Leaving Herod Waiting
"We have too many deal-makers in positions of power who would do a deal with the devil himself if it ensured their ongoing appearance of...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20171 min read
God is the distilled essence of love made absolute
Reflection by Simon Woodman for Christmas Eve Midnight Communion Service, Bloomsbury Central Baptist Church, 2015. "God is love. But this...
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Simon Woodman
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Which God do you believe in? Christmas Day Sermon, 2016
"Part of the problem with speaking of belief in God, is that there are so many definitions of God that we are invited to believe in....
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dawn138
Dec 12, 20161 min read
An Advent Baptism
On Sunday it was a privilege to welcome Sheikh Pervez to the waters of Baptism. You can hear his testimony here
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