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I am a Reluctant Evangelist

Posted on May 18, 2021 by 1urcher

I have been an evangelist for as long as I can remember. I am however sometimes a reluctant one. I love speaking about Jesus. It is a long time since I did any street preaching, but I enjoyed that, whether … Continue reading →

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Holy Saturday

Posted on April 3, 2021 by 1urcher

Holy Saturday – what do we do we this day and how do we preach on it. In many ways, we struggle to know what to do with this day. If you are like me, I arrive at Holy Saturday … Continue reading →

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Sul y Mamau/Mothering Sunday

Posted on March 14, 2021 by 1urcher

Thoughts of an eccentric priest Mae Sul wedi bod ail-frandio mewn rhai cylchoedd fel Diwrnod y Mamau. Mae’n ddiwrnod o flodau, cardiau, siocledi, gwin, brecwast yn y gwely, a diolchgarwch. Mae hefyd yn ddiwrnod y mae rhai dynes a dynion … Continue reading →

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When the First Minister came to pray

Posted on March 8, 2021 by 1urcher

I was at a prayer meeting of New Wine Cymru on Sunday evening (7 March). For the first twenty minutes, the First Minister (Mark Drakeford) joined us. I imagine the First Minister, as far as I was able to tell, … Continue reading →

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Church in Wales and the Welsh Language

Posted on March 3, 2021 by 1urcher

The Church in Wales sometimes gets a bad press because of it non-use of the Welsh language. It has been picked up again here by Nation Cymru: https://nation.cymru/news/criticism-of-church-in-wales-attitude-to-welsh-as-pseudo-latin-used-instead-on-st-davids-website/?fbclid=IwAR19RljxFgee46UrVJvxN3Wz2mUqaaGJd-kqj4qqaqU9EIY5Tly_NKVuGI8 I respect Nation Cymru and accept the veracity of the story. Yet … Continue reading →

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Bregeth | Homily | Rhagfyr 29 December

Posted on December 29, 2020 by 1urcher

Darlleniad yr Hen Destament heddiw yw Eseia 57: 15-diwedd. Mae’n eistedd ochr yn ochr ag Ioan 1: 1-18 y ddarllen arall, a ddylai fod yn gyfarwydd i ni erbyn hyn. The Old Testament reading for today is Isaiah 57:15-end. It … Continue reading →

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Holy Innocents (Rhagfyr 28 December 2020)

Posted on December 28, 2020 by 1urcher

Mae creulondeb byw o dan drefn despotic yn cael ei ddwyn i ganolbwynt yn sydyn yn y darlleniad heddiw o Mathew. Mae’n rhan o’r stori a adroddir unig  yn Efengyl Mathew yn unig. Fe gofiwch sut aeth y magi i … Continue reading →

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John: Apostle and Evangelist (27 December 2020)

Posted on December 27, 2020 by 1urcher

Mae Ioan, apostol, ac efengylydd yn cael ei gofio yng nghalendr yr eglwys heddiw. Mae anghydfod ysgolheigaidd ynghylch a yw’r apostol (y pysgotwr a adawodd i ddilyn Iesu gyda’i frawd) a’r efengylydd (ysgrifennwr y Bedwaredd Efengyl) yr un person. Ni … Continue reading →

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Stephen (Rhagfyr 26 December)

Posted on December 26, 2020 by 1urcher

The day after Christmas is the feast day of Stephen. Stephen was a Greek speaking Jew. As the earliest Christian community grew, he was chosen to serve at tables so that the Apostles could continue to preach and pray. Stephen … Continue reading →

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The Word became flesh | Daw’r Gair yn gnawd

Posted on December 26, 2020 by 1urcher

The opening chapter of John sets things on a big canvas. Not for this evangelist a narrative that includes shepherds, astronomers, or angels. Rather John begins with the creation of the cosmos. In the beginning, he writes evoking images of … Continue reading →

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