Devotion and Discipline
Today, as well as being Armistice Day, is St Martin’s Day. Martin was born in 316 AD in what we now know as Hungary. He was soldier who,...
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"From the Vicar"
Regular reflections from the Great St Mary's clergy team. You can also read these reflections by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, the eMag:
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amd215
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
The Month of the Dead
As descriptions of November go, it’s a pretty stark one. Perhaps more so when you know where I first heard it. Aged 19, with some fellow...
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amd215
- Oct 28, 2021
- 2 min
If not you, who?
For the last few weeks, you will have seen a picture of your beloved Vicar in this publication, grinning from ear to ear next to this...
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amd215
- Oct 21, 2021
- 2 min
Read Mark and Learn
The story goes that, aged 31, Augustine of Hippo was in a personal crisis. A distinguished young professor of rhetoric in Milan, he was...
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amd215
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
Jesus bids us shine
Be of good comfort, Master Ridley, and play the man; we shall this day light such a candle by God’s grace in England as shall never be...
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amd215
- Oct 8, 2021
- 2 min
Seasonal confusions
As servants of the message of hope, we are being asked to make autumn feel like spring. Andrew Read, Diocesan Director of Education &...
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amd215
- Sep 30, 2021
- 1 min
Be an angel
Yesterday, two angels began new ministries in the church of God. One angel (I can hardly believe I’m writing this), our very own Andrew...
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amd215
- Sep 23, 2021
- 2 min
Regathering the gathered
Last Saturday the Parochial Church Council (PCC) spent a happy and productive day together at Lucy Cavendish College. The day was made up...
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amd215
- Sep 17, 2021
- 2 min
Surprised by a stone
Today – as you perhaps know – is St Ninian’s Day. The primary sources for what we know of Ninian is Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica gentis...
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amd215
- Sep 9, 2021
- 2 min
Anger and Kindness
In these days when everybody hates everybody else, anyone who is not snarling at something – or everything – is an anachronism. That...
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amd215
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
To live is to change
I have been blessed to work for some very good bishops in the dioceses of Lichfield, Coventry, and Oxford. My beloved Bishop (and friend)...
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amd215
- Aug 19, 2021
- 2 min
The heat is on
As this is a double edition of the eMag, I am writing my letter early — and I happen to be writing it on what is technically the last of...
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amd215
- Aug 12, 2021
- 1 min
Be kind to one another
Last Sunday I was worshipping in York Minster. The words of the Epistle, as always, struck at my heart: Be kind to one another,...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
- Jul 30, 2021
- 2 min
Running the Race
I was pinged on Sunday last — and thus began four days of hardship and suffering as I was forced into self-isolation. However, to...
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Rev Devin
- Jul 15, 2021
- 2 min
Inclusion and change
Today's reflection is from the Associate Vicar, Rev'd Devin McLachlan "It's not inclusion if you invite people into a space you are...
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Devin McLachlan
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Ponder anew
In a PS at the end of last week's 'From the Vicar' I said that in the Hebrew Scriptures, the word for 'glory' derives from the Hebrew...
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Devin McLachlan
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
Heavy stuff
Last September - which feels like a very long time ago indeed - Shirley was ordained priest and David deacon. This coming weekend, David...
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Devin McLachlan
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
On the avoidance of spiritual bunions
I enjoyed sharing a piece from The Times with my ordained colleagues a couple of weeks ago. Titled 'Clergy were martyrs to medieval...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
- Jun 17, 2021
- 2 min
Refugee Week 2021
This week's reflection is written by our curate Andrew Day ‘God is our refuge and our strength, a very present help in trouble’ [Ps. 47.1]...
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Devin McLachlan
- Jun 10, 2021
- 2 min
Earthly Powers
Tomorrow is the beginning of the G7 summit in Carbis Bay in Cornwall. The UK Government's stated aim is to 'use the UK’s G7 Presidency to...
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