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Maundy Thursday in Bradford Cathedral
This is the text of my sermon at this morning’s Maundy Thursday Chrism Eucharist for the Diocese of Leeds in Bradford Cathedral. 1 Samuel 3:1-10 & Luke 7:36-50 I find this the hardest service at...
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Digging for Rubies
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show: I came across a great line the other day. A hundred years ago GK Chesterton wrote: “Poets have been...
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Harvest home
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. It’s harvest time again, and all over the land churches are desperately trying to find something new to say...
View ArticleQuestions and answers
This is the script of this morning’s Pause for Thought on BBC Radio 2’s Chris Evans Show: I was getting off a bus in London late last night when a bloke standing outside a shop asked me the time. I...
View ArticleGreek wildfires
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme: Television does not do justice to the reality of fire. Nor does what we might call ‘reasonable proximity’. I...
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Freedom is Coming
Last night I did a lecture in South Creake, Norfolk, and addressed the theme of my new book ‘Freedom is Coming’, seeking to distil lessons for today from the wisdom of three thousand years ago. As I...
View ArticleHard times
The silence outside the house is a little unnerving. The birds clearly haven’t spotted the problem yet – they just keep tweeting. But, otherwise, here in Headingley, the skies are empty, the roads...
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A longer view
One of the challenges of Lent for Christians is to avoid confusing process with event. That is a shorthand way of saying that the stories we read in the scriptures cover a period of time, and we need...
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This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. I was struck in the last few days by the coincidence of two events. First, the remarkable news from Germany...
View ArticleShaping the Year
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme. This might come as news to you, but today – 2 June – is National Fish and Chips Day. Which is fine in itself....
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