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just a note

Posted on November 26, 2016 by 1urcher

I will be posting here occasionally…. but I am also to be found here: http://eccentricvicarandlurchers.blogspot.co.uk/ I know it is a bit confusing and complex. Then that is quite like me…. I have just posted this in the other place I … Continue reading →

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Remembrance Sunday 2016

Posted on November 13, 2016 by 1urcher

Ailadrodd hanes. Mae’n rhaid iddo. Nid oes unrhyw un yn gwrando Geiriau gan y bardd Saesneg Cristnogol, Steve Turner. Dan ni’n byw yn y byd lle mae’n hawdd peidio â gwrando Gwersi o hanes yn cael ei anghofio. Today is … Continue reading →

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A poem for Adoption Sunday

Posted on November 6, 2016 by 1urcher

Not flesh of my flesh Not bone of my bone But still miraculous, My own Never forget For a single minute That you not being from my loins Has made me into a different kind of man And a changed … Continue reading →

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I am an evangelical, I am

Posted on September 29, 2016 by 1urcher

I am an evangelical, I am An evangelical is meant to be be a person of good news, who knows what it means to be embraced by God and longs to do the same to all, without hesitation. An evangelical … Continue reading →

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Church Traditions: have they disappeared?

Posted on September 28, 2016 by 1urcher

I mean by Church traditions what I might have meant by churchmanship many years ago. I am extraordinarily inclusive when it comes to church traditions, except I have never been a liberal or understood liberalism. It does not seem to … Continue reading →

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My preaching was suspect too

Posted on September 26, 2016 by 1urcher

It was in 1986, so forgive me if I have forgotten exactly what I said. It was in Bermondsey, in the London City Mission Hall. The missioner, Terry Bedlow, would have been there and my two evangelist colleagues, David Mouncer … Continue reading →

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Starting out I was a rubbish evangelist

Posted on September 26, 2016 by 1urcher

As I said yesterday, I spent two years with the London City Mission Voluntary Evangelism Scheme (1986-1988). I have to say I was a rubbish evangelist. I was by disposition so introverted I would jump at a brown paper bag … Continue reading →

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1986 and all that

Posted on September 25, 2016 by 1urcher

It was sometime in August 1986 that I got the coach from Sheffield Bus Station to London Victoria. I was going to London for 3 weeks to be a summer evangelist with the London City Mission. I was met at … Continue reading →

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I still lament: one week on

Posted on July 1, 2016 by 1urcher

I decided I wanted to Remain. More people it seems wanted to Leave. I accept that I am democratically defeated at the ballot box. If you are with the centre-left politically, it is not an unusual experience. I do not … Continue reading →

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A question of belonging

Posted on June 22, 2016 by 1urcher

I am voting Remain. I don’t claim to be anymore patriotic than someone who is voting differently to me. In truth, this Referendum, which I regard as needless, has highlighted tensions in our nation that will take some time to … Continue reading →

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