September

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People and Places

• The Iona Community
• Falling in…
• The Amelia Methodist Trust
• Imerfectly Natural
• A Rocha
• Student Christian Movement
• A Year of Living Generously
• John Davies Blog
• The Corrymeela Community
• L’Arche
• The Taize Community
• The Northumbria Community
• The Cardiff Bay Lightship
• The wall is here
• Greenbelt Festival

Random College Entry

• Why Reluctant?

  A few people have been asking ‘why reluctant?’ I guess it must be time for a few answers!! Because: I don’t actually really enjoy church! I find much more ‘of God’ in the beauty of nature, in a face, a smile, music, sculpture, in a pint of beer in a pub with a good friend. I simply don’t believe God is confined to a church (people or building) which fundamentally a large proportion the church does and I will be expected to be leading worship of God in such buildings with such people. Because: When I read the gospel stories about Jesus I see a man who treated everyone with love. A man who was entirely human, angry, loving, hurt, upset, laughing, a friend, a companion. Those who profess that to be a Christian you must believe specific doctrinal statements about this man before you can call yourself a follower of him or ‘a Christian’ are I believe falling into the trap of judging others. They turn Jesus the ‘man for others’ into an Idol. They raise him high up on the cross and bow to him forgetting his life before the cross with the commoners and those prepared to [...]

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