Bishop John’s Address to Edinburgh Diocesan Synod, 17th March 2018
2 Cor 4.1-12; John 4.31-38 In his well-known poem, The Bright Field, R S Thomas describes how in our rush
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Author: Diocesan Office
The Edge – Spring 2018
Bishop John revisits our injunction to ‘Love Thy Neighbour’ in the light of welfare reform; Chaplain for Mission to Seafarers,
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Bible journalling Lent 4: Love and Light
Welcome to week 4 of Lent. This week we are looking at the love and light found in Gospel reading
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Bible journalling Lent 3: Jesus clears the temple
Welcome to week 3 of Lent. This week we are looking at John’s account of Jesus clearing the temple courts
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Bible journalling Lent 2: Jesus’ Transfiguration
Welcome to week 2 of Lent. This week we are looking at Mark’s account of the Transfiguration in Mark 9:2-9.
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BONUS Bible Journalling: Jesus’ Temptation (Luke 4: 1-13)
It’s no coincidence that Lent is exactly 40 days long. Those days represent the 40 days of testing Jesus underwent
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Bible journalling Lent 1: Jesus’ baptism
This Lent, we’re working with Jane MacLaren to bring you an online Lent group, looking at the traditional Gospels through
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Join our online Lent course, Bible journalling with Jane Maclaren
Yesterday, Bishop John urged us to take up something new this Lent. This year, we’re trying something new and we’d
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Giving up or Taking up? Bishop John reflects
Welcome to Lent. Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, a period of 40 days leading up to
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Happy New Year to our Politicians
I want to wish a happy new year to all our politicians. Being a politician at the moment must be
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