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downinnorfolk
Dec 8, 20223 min read
THE SEOND COMING OF JESUS
Since the Covid epidemic the world seems a much darker and more troubled place. The epidemic, the war in Ukraine, and global warming are...
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downinnorfolk
Dec 1, 20223 min read
ADVENT - THE COMING OF JESUS
The first weeks of December are always a more or less frantic time of preparing for Christmas: in churches, Advent and Carol services; in...
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downinnorfolk
Nov 24, 20224 min read
IS SEX TRVIAL?
(This is my response to the Bishop of Oxford's Essay advocating a change in the Church of England's attitude to homosexual...
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downinnorfolk
Nov 17, 20223 min read
TROUBLES
Last week I told of two remarkable experiences that I had had of generosity. This week, not so good, a tale of troubles. I recently...
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downinnorfolk
Nov 10, 20223 min read
GENEROSITY IS NOT DEAD
Generosity, even corporate generosity, still exists! I have experienced two extraordinary examples in the last few weeks which have...
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downinnorfolk
Nov 4, 20221 min read
CofE TO BLESS SAME-SEX MARRIAGES
The Bishop of Oxford has published an essay expressing his support for the blessing of same-sex marriages, and for a scheme of...
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downinnorfolk
Nov 3, 20223 min read
IMMIGRATION
There are so many things with which we are bombarded in the News that I simply do not understand, and one of them is this problem of...
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downinnorfolk
Oct 27, 20223 min read
I TOLD YOU SO
Psalm 146 says it all: "Put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man." Or, in my own modern translation, "Put not your trust in...
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downinnorfolk
Oct 20, 20223 min read
HELPERS AND VISITORS
The week that I went down with Covid I was supposed to be preaching on the following Sunday at our church. In the event of course I had...
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downinnorfolk
Oct 13, 20223 min read
COVID - PANIC!
Yes, I had Covid! Not panic exactly, but disorientation. The dreaded word. What does this mean? Back to lockdown? Will I die? I...
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downinnorfolk
Oct 6, 20222 min read
A LAST THOUGHT ABOUT HER MAJESTY
A very significant moment occurred at the Queen’s Committal in St George’s Chapel Windsor: the Crown, the Orb and the Sceptre were...
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downinnorfolk
Sep 29, 20224 min read
THE COST OF LIVING
There is a cost to living. We are often in danger of losing sight of it. There is a saying in the Bible, "Man is born to trouble as...
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downinnorfolk
Sep 22, 20224 min read
WHY READ THIS BLOG?
It is a couple of months since I started this Blog, so I thought perhaps this was a question my followers might be asking, and also a...
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downinnorfolk
Sep 15, 20223 min read
GOOD QUEEN BESS THE SECOND
Queen Elizabeth the First was known as Good Queen Bess. She had avoided the scandals and disgrace of her father's marital affairs (Henry...
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downinnorfolk
Sep 9, 20221 min read
THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN
Scarcely had I posted the piece about 'Games and Goals' yesterday, than the news broke of the death of the Queen. We have all been aware...
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downinnorfolk
Sep 8, 20224 min read
GAMES AND GOALS
It has been a summer of Games: the Commonwealth Games, the European Championships, Cricket matches in various formats, Wimbledon, and of...
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downinnorfolk
Sep 1, 20224 min read
LAMBETH CONFERENCE
LAMBETH CONFERENCE The Church of England has lost its way, and since the Church of England is the mother church of the Anglican...
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downinnorfolk
Aug 25, 20223 min read
SUNAK OR TRUSS
After months of waiting to see whether Boris Johnson would exit or remain, we have had weeks of waiting to see who will succeed him:...
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downinnorfolk
Aug 18, 20224 min read
THE DISRUPTION OF TRAVEL
Much of the news this summer seems to have been about the disruption of travel: flight cancellations, traffic jams in Dover, and strikes...
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downinnorfolk
Aug 11, 20223 min read
TRANS
Of all the confusions and controversies over sex in the world today, the most irrational and damaging is transgenderism. There is only...
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