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Talking Point – June 2025

Worldwide Wisdom PRIOR TO the 80th anniversary commemorations of VE Day, the actor and writer Sheila Hancock wrote: “Our beautiful planet is under threat in many ways. History shows that the solution is definitely not […]

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Talking point – April 2025

SOME OF MY favourite stories in the Bible are of Jesus’ encounters with his followers on the day of, or soon after, his resurrection out the hated Roman occupiers (imagine Ukrainians longing for someone to […]

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Talking Point – March 2025

WE ARRIVE AT the season of Lent on 5 March, and it is good to consider giving things up for Lent, especially those that will assist your physical health, including eating and drinking less. It […]

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Talking Point – February 2025

IT’S FEBRUARY: we’re looking towards Spring and the card shops are full of Valentine’s Day cards. You could say love is in the air. This year, I am looking forward to marrying three couples at […]

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Talking Point – January 2025

NEWSPAPERS LIKE controversy because it sells. So, to boost sales…what if I were to suggest that Jesus didn’t die on the cross for our sins after all? You probably know the traditional story. Humanity ‘fell’ […]

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Talking Point – November 2024

IT IS ONE YEAR (7 October 2023) since the horrendous attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens close to the border between Israel and Gaza, which reaped a harvest of indiscriminate killing and hostage-taking. The audacity, […]

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Talking Point – October 2024

NOT BEING ONE of the Caversham clergy, I don’t usually get invited to do a Talking Point. But it happens that my retirement as Bishop of Reading coincides with the 60th anniversary of The Caversham […]

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Talking Point – September 2024

THIS SEPTEMBER happens to be the centenary of the church where I’m the Vicar, St Barnabas Emmer Green. We shall celebrate with events for the whole community to mark the anniversary of the foundation stone […]