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Guest Blogs posted a blog postMedia awards - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
Monday saw the annual Sandford St Martin awards ceremony for religious broadcasting. Lambeth Palace is a wonderful venue for this prestigious event and a large audience of programme makers, commissioners, presenters and others saw the best in religious broadcasting recognised.…See More
Guest Blogs posted a blog postNew things - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
I am writing this while waiting for the flight back from Bermuda to the UK. I came on behalf of the Archbishop of Canterbury to ordain the new Bishop of Bermuda, Nick Dill. The collective of 'Bishop Nicks' became confusing once or twice.What have I learned this week?1. The new Bishop of Bermuda is excellent, popular…See More
Guest Blogs posted a blog postWoolwich - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
A soldier is attacked in Woolwich and brutally murdered. The men who did it seem determined to be caught. Seeing the footage, they look familiar – speaking with the same deluded dysfunctionality that is not uncommon in some inner-urban areas.…See More
Guest Blogs posted a blog postThe ultimate ‘now’ - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
I was around in Southwark for the 40th anniversary memories of the publication of John Robinson's Honest to God. This year is the 50th anniversary. In this week's Church Times the excellent Mark Vernon runs though the issues again before Richard Harries puts it all in to a personal context.Honest to God caused a huge…See More
Guest Blogs posted a blog post5 reasons for not blogging - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
1. Trying to prepare a half-appropriate sermon for the Closing Service of the Kirchentag in Hamburg on 5 May. But, my head is full of 'stuff'.2. Trying to sort chapter of academic book for the most patient editor in the world. Need to source quotes, but am away from my books.3. Currently speaking at a parish weekend…See More
Syd Bill commented on Guest Blogs's blog post Missing the point (again) - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop"That should have said Second Epilogue in War and Peace"
Syd Bill commented on Guest Blogs's blog post Missing the point (again) - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop"For some reason, as I read this very true analysis of the current situation in various fields, I am also reminded of Tolstoy's Second Epilogue when he questions how power is achieved. I think of Tolstoy's use of a cone as the
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The haunting echo of hope - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
Posted on June 18, 2013 at 14:57 0 Comments 0 Likes
Etched onto my memory is the line by the German theologian Jürgen Moltmann, cited during a lecture in Cambridge several years ago:
God is our happiness. God is our torment. God is the wide space of our hope.
Hope needs wide space in which to expand and…
Continue All you love is need - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
Posted on June 18, 2013 at 14:55 0 Comments 0 Likes
Why do I keep banging on about poverty? Good question – and one I have been asked several times recently in relation to this blog and other writings.
One answer goes back to that haunting verse in Proverbs (31:8) that formed the title of a…
Continue The language of peace - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
Posted on June 18, 2013 at 14:52 0 Comments 0 Likes
Change changes - Nick Baines's blog - Musings of a restless bishop
Posted on June 18, 2013 at 14:40 0 Comments 0 Likes
This is going to be a great week.
Not only do we hit 'the longest day' – 21 June, midsummer's day – when I and colleagues will spend the whole day from 5am to 10pm walking in the diocese,…
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John Woodhouse commented on Katharina Smith-Muller's blog post News - Woolwich II"One thing that needs saying to all is that the Muslim youth from Woolwich mosque play football with the soldiers from the barracks every week! "
John Woodhouse commented on Katharina Smith-Muller's blog post News - Woolwich II"I was at this interfaith gathering to show support for the mosque. No sooner had we introduced ourselves than it was outside for another group photo and some went off to lay flowers. The most telling comment was that the mosque's youth play…"
Syd Bill commented on Katharina Smith-Muller's blog post News - Vatican releases greeting message for Mahavira Jayanti"Sorry , I sent my message before reading this, but I does add to what I am trying to put together
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