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Any stick to beat the Jews with
I see the anti-Jewish Methodist blogger is getting desperate with a very sad "with friends like this who needs enemies" tarring British Jews with the English Defence League brush. Any stick to beat...
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Time for action on Wyre Forest and Cannock Chase
I know that the campaigns to protect our woodlands are still a little embryonic but if you live in the Midlands and are on facebook please sign up to What Future for Cannock Chase and support the...
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Some visitors to the Methodist blogsphere
Yesterday was quite a day here in the micro Methodist blogsphere especially at the semi-official Connexions.Richard Hall, the blog's owner is very proud of the number of comments he gets. Richard seems...
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Call for Methodists to apologise
The influential Harry's Place carries an interesting article headed Terry Gallogly’s Dishonesty Further Damages Anti-Israel Methodist CauseIt concludes: Still, the likes of Stephen Leah and Nichola...
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The end of a holiday
I'm now in the last few hours of a welcome autumn break that coincided with half term. Next week its back to the 5.30 am start to earn a crust and the university tuition fees that the Lib Dems were...
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Who is Mrs MP?
This is just for readers on facebook. What you are getting is from my blog http://www.methodistpreacher.com/. So when I said yesterday I was going away for an evening of luxury with Mrs MP I meant...
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A short visit to Henley-on-Thames
My wife and I have just got back from an overnight stay in Henley on Thames. We stayed at the Hotel du Vin having had a very positive experience of their hotels in Cheltenham and Brighton. The chain...
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Board of Deputies response to Methodist Conference report
I have now posted the full text of the Board of Deputies response to the Methodist report on Israel and Palestine on my guest pages.
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A Jewess looks at the Methodist blogsphere
Our little Methodist blogsphere is all very insular. It is interesting to see what others think. Daphne Anson has recently visited and made some observations.There is however one blog where an...
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Defining anti-Semitism
In recent weeks there have been difficult exchanges among blogging Methodists about the meaning of terms such as "discriminatory", "anti-Jewish", "racist", "anti-Semitism", and associated words such as...
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Uncertain future for Birmingham's Central Hall
Birmingham's Methodist Central Hall is no longer owned by the church (thank goodness), but is still causing controversy about future use. The Birmingham Post take up the story. But let's hope we can...
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A very welcome and robust debate
My near neighbour in the Methodist blogsphere Fat Prophet takes the rest of our blogsphere to task for the language used during recent exchanges about Palestine and Israel.That there has been a very...
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Just fancy that.....
Sometimes the most unexpected things happen. In a comment on this blog someone asked where they could get a copy of my book about Eliza Asbury. I suggested Amazon but when I looked at how much was...
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First they came for the Jews, then they came for the Christians, then they...
I was really distressed to read the story in today's Guardian of the massacre of Christians in Baghdad. Until recently Christians in Iraq had been protected by the state.Sadly this is remeniscant of...
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Responding to a sarcastic remark about Israeli democracy
I put the 27th comment on the Reverend Dave Warnock's blog which I thought worth re- posting here: Dave you say:"Oh well everything is fine then. If non-Jews can vote then automatically there can be...
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It's not fair!
Over at The Kneeler Angela has posted a provocative (in the best sense of the word) article on the recent campaign to encourage members of the public to sign the donor register. John on Listen, think,...
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Bigots in North Wales
An astonishing story has emerged from Wales. It is of interest to the British Methodist Church where a carefully selected working party is currently examining whether "Christian Zionism" is compatible...
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A Messianic perspective
The Leeds Messianic Fellowship have produced a response to the Methodist Church report on Israel and Palestine
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Distressing case used to ignite racist passions
Today's Daily Mail shows just how close Britain is to a collective nervous breakdown. They report the distressing case of a gang of men in their 20s who systematically abused young girls in their early...
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Choral evensong in honour of Samuel Wesley
It is the bi-centenary of the birth of Samuel Sebastion Wesley the grandson of Charles Wesley, brother of John. Samuel was one of the greatest 19th century composers of church music and a pioneer at...
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