Monday 25 December 2017
by Wulf
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Merry Christmas. Here is my card design for this year, which I’ve called Road to Jerusalem. Jerusalem, not Bethlehem? It isn’t really so far away and it is where the Christmas story is leading to. Two of the gospel writers … Continue reading
Tuesday 21 November 2017
by Wulf
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Advertising agencies have had a good year when it comes to displaying their religious illiteracy. I commented earlier this year on how Tesco thought some alcohol could make Good Friday better and now Greggs have released a Christmas advert which … Continue reading
Sunday 31 July 2016
by Wulf
Comments Off on Loony Ideas?
I recently read an intriguing book called God’s Blueprint by Christopher Knight. Although explicitly not a Christian book it’s premise is that there are too many coincidences in how the world fits together. The key examples are the relationship of … Continue reading
Friday 18 April 2014
by Wulf
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Good Friday brings opportunities to reflect on the Passion story and, while it is a familiar narrative to me, sometimes something new comes to mind. This morning the walk of witness down Cowley Road was very well attended. It wasn’t … Continue reading
Wednesday 20 March 2013
by Wulf
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I am keeping up with the New Testament in a Year plan that is being followed at St Clement’s and today’s reading is from the first half of Luke 4. I have lost count of how many times I have … Continue reading
Thursday 20 September 2012
by Wulf
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I see that another story is breaking across the news about the discovery of ancient manuscript evidence that Jesus had a wife. Setting aside, of course, a couple of minor points such as it being dated two or three centuries … Continue reading
Thursday 2 February 2012
by Wulf
Comments Off on Not Believing in Shakespeare
I have just finished reading Bill Bryson’s book on Shakespeare, which was up to his normal high standards of witty writing and research that revels in both major and minor facts. Most of the book had the expected structure: birth … Continue reading