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Making Christmas 2010 count
The Methodist Church is encouraging people to give a free gift to their friends and neighbours this Christmas. ‘A Gift of Christmas’ is a brand new booklet from the Methodist Church that celebrates and...
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Decency fights back
Interesting post from Melanie Phillips in the Spectator. The last few paragraphs are especially pertinent to Methodists !
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The plight of Christians in Palestine : the Methodist blind eye.
I've been sent an interesting article on the plight of Palestine's Christians. It makes grim reading. Perhaps someone who was involved in framing the anti-Israel motion to confernece - you are all...
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Mazeltov Martin
It was very pleasant and humbling to go to the St John's Wood Synagogue last night for the launch of Martin Sugarman's book Fighting Back, reviewed here on Friday.The community hall was packed with a...
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Two way relationship
Sadly there seem to be fewer and fewer Methodists in employment. Frankly in many churches sermons about the workplace are largely theoreticel as most congregations consist of people who are retired....
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Trade unionists off to Israel and Palestine.
A group of British trade unionists are off to Israel and Palestine today. They will be keeping a blog. Take a look.
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Church of England "fascist and vindictive"
What is it about Christianity that whilst it often brings the best out in people, sometimes it can bring out the worse?The Right Reverend John Broadhurst, Bishop of Fulham, one of the original "flying...
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Britain 2010 : we have an "anti-slavery day"
Today is Britain's first anti-slavery day. But didn't we abolish slavery in 1807?Our local massage parlour has an iron gate across its entrance. It could be to keep people out. Or it could be to keep...
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Wow a petition! How cool is that?
The full time blogger and spare time Methodist minister who runs the Connexions website has launched a petition protesting at the imminent writ against the Methodist Church for discrimination...
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After the church council meeting
A young man called in at church last night just as we were wrapping up the church council meeting. Earlier in the evening he had turned up at our community choir.He was Russian, lived in one of the...
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Thousands of people sacked...and they cheered
Yesterday's spending reviewed show Tory Britain for what it really is. Forgive me for being nieve but I don't think sacking nearly half a million people, slashing welfare payments for the poorest,...
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Bring your Bible to work day
The Bible Society has suggested that next Monday should be "bring your Bible to work day"*. As it happens I will be starting a week's holiday so I won't be taking part.However I do take my Bible to...
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Anti-Israel petition among Methodists fails
The anti-Israel campaign within British Methodism is clearly faltering.An online petition in support of the Church's recently adopted official position on Israel has closed after only ten days with...
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Now the Tories head for the woods
Those readers who heard me speak three weeks ago at the Wyre Forest Labour Party annual dinner will not be surprised to read today's front page story in the Sunday Telegraph.I predicted then that...
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Our high calling
Sad news from Cheshire where a historical Methodist site has been desecrated
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The plight of Palestinians: the Methodist blind eye
Are you old enough to remember "World Refugee Year"? I do, some of my school friends had actually been refugees and we took a lot of interest in the television programmes and newspaper articles which...
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Today - a new blogging venture
Today sees the launch of the Methodist Preacher Guest Page.This is an opportunity for those wanting to post on a blog but without a blog to start an online discussion.The views expressed there may not...
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Terry Wynn - Pelvic piousness
Terry Wynn, a Methodist local preacher and former MEP writes: When, as a former MEP, I used to chair the European Parliament’s monthly Prayer Breakfast I soon learned that it’s hard to dislike someone...
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Restoring the good name of British Methodists
Regular bloggers will be interested to see that a Methodist Preacher post has been placed on the Harry's Place website which is widely read amongst our Jewish neighbours and beyond. We are gradually...
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Back to the Dark Ages
I see that the anti-Jewish semi-official Methodist blog connexions is delighted that some Roman Catholic bishops have jumped on the anti-Israel bandwagon. Having failed to generate a hate campaign...
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