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One Bread and One Cup
I went to an interesting meeting of the Ecumenical Oversight Group last week at which we discussed the Anglican Methodist Covenant. The interesting thing is that we didn't feel that there was much point discussing the formal theological differences between our denominations - since terms like Arminianism and Calvinism are not particularly significant to most church members - but we did discuss the symbolic value of various actions.A group has been set up to "implement" the covenant and they recommend that Anglicans and Methodists should follow their own guidelines and have one piece of bread that they can break and one cup that they can share. This might seem a fairly simple thing but

Cylon Enneagram
I went to an Area Dean's Day about the Enneagram on Tuesday. It turned out to be an extremely interesting session.The Enneagram is another tool for thinking about personality - a bit like Myers-Briggs with kabbalistic overtones. We were a

Sermon at the Door
The highlight of my day was a visit from some Jehovah's Witnesses.I got the usual "Do you ever think about the end of the world?"I was on the brink of closing the door before I thought, "What the heck!" and treated them to a thirty minute sermon on "Eschatology in the Process of Realisation" with diagrams and an altar call - thoroughly enjoyed myself!The whole thing came to an end when the lead witness received an urgent phone call from a phone than seemed to be turned off... very mysterious...I'm sure JWs are really nice people really but I do object to scaremongering and dodgy hermeneutics on my door step - and I have always found it difficult to take peopl

Cross and Skyline
Snapped this shot of the cross at Servant King last night. Shame I didn't have a proper camera. The light was quite amazing as the sun was setting.We had the second week of Growing with Christ. Seems to be going well, but we do need to build on this good start...

Monday Morning
Got up - but didn't want to. Went for a short run - 5K in 29mins.Not feeling motivated but got a pile of work to do.Need to concentrate this week on:Meeting Paul Hardy about a Watling Valley service with the CatholicsDeanery Synod - still need to talk to some people about being lay chairThe FEAST Day - need to do some more organisingMission Shaped Intro - better re-write the sessions to squeeze six into fourGot meetings of Venture FX, Area Deans, Watling Valley Council the MK Council of Faith and Oakhill Community ForumEverything else will therefore have to wait... sorry...