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Trushare Files No. 157
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NEW DIRECTIONS:
June 2008
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James Patrick |
As a priest and lawyer, Fr Patrick leads those who have not yet read the Manchester Report through the intricacies of its several proposals; he outlines the principal options it puts before the Bishops and Synod, and considers the implications of each of them. |
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FEATURES |
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The Common Cause Partnership has called for a forty-day cycle of prayer to prepare for the Jerusalem conference |
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| Everything nothing | Matt hew Bemand assistant curate of St Thomas of Canterbury, Brentwood, reflects on the nature of priesthood and offers encouragement to those preparing for ordination |
| The simple solution | John Shepley argues that there is a solution to the seemingly impossible challenge faced by the Manchester Group |
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Holy
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Julian Mann Vicar of Oughtibridge, is sceptical about the potential impact of the impending Global Anglican Future Conference |
| Reading the 39 | Alan Edwards takes a light-hearted look at the contemporary relevance of the 39 Articles |
| Seeking to be loyal | Bishop Martyn Jarrett addresses the question of what the future holds for Catholics in the Church of England, and how to prepare for it |
| A changing climate | Edward Dowler Vice-Principal of St Stephen’s House, assesses two different views of global warming, and sets out a course of action for dealing with its consequences |
| Holey, holey, holey | The Right Revd Edwin Barnes former Bishop of Richborough, defends the creation of ‘additional dioceses’ as a way of solving some of the problems in the Church of England those who have no experience of its history |
| Reading the 39 | Alan Edwards takes a light-hearted look at the contemporary relevance of the 39 Articles |
| Find the money | Mark Stevens on the Manchester Report’s failure to address financial provision for clergy forced to seek other employment |
| Ordering the milk | Paul Griffin considers the relationship between the material and the spiritual in the gospels |
| COVER PICTURE | Am Ploc (The Lump) is a narrow strip of land projecting into Loch Torridon, at the head of loch by the Village of Fasaig in Wester Ross. The stones were set to form an open air church, used by the local Christian community - probably Free Church - during days of persecution. It is still capable of being used, but only by the very hardy! |
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REGULARS |
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| GHOSTLY COUNSEL |
Andy Hawes on on work and prayer |
| DEVOTIONAL |
Chris Collins on on St Columba |
| PATRICK REARDON | Shared recitation |
| SACRED VISION | Anthony Saville on Cranach’s plague painting |
| FAITH OF OUR FATHERS | Arthur Middleton on faith in social action |
| THE WAY WE LIVE NOW | Geoffrey Kirk on the additional province solution |
| TOUCHING PLACE | Simon Cotton on on Bourges Cathedral |
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AUSTRALIA
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BOOKS Surprised by Hope, The Meaning of Life, |
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Sermon Salad: an Hors d'oeuvre of over three hundred homilies for many occasions
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