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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
- Jul 30, 2020
- 2 min
The Long & Winding Road
Canon Adrian is on his annual leave; this week's reflection is from Revd Devin: Today the church remembers William Wilberforce (1759-1833...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
- Jul 23, 2020
- 3 min
Masquerade
Canon Adrian is on his annual leave; this week's reflection is from Revd Devin: By tomorrow, masks will be required for customers in sho...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Jul 15, 2020
- 3 min
Summertime…
While I was shaving this morning, Gershwin's 'Summertime' came on on Radio 3, in the classic recording by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armst...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Jul 9, 2020
- 2 min
Home is where the heart is
I began my pastoral letter earlier this week with a Bible verse that often makes me cry (oh, not crying again, I hear you, er, cry) - wel...
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Great St Mary's Ministry Team
- Jul 8, 2020
- 5 min
Ministry with Children and Families: Carolynn reflects
Carolynn Pritchard, Great St Mary’s Children’s Minister reflects on a momentous year… I sit down to write at the end of the Children’s Ch...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Jul 2, 2020
- 2 min
Worth the Wait
I was expecting to be in Ely Cathedral this coming Saturday afternoon, sharing with the Bishop in the laying-on of hands as Shirley Holde...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Jun 25, 2020
- 2 min
What's your background?
'Adrian comes from a very humble background - born to a working-class family in Wolverhampton, Adrian attended state schools before winni...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Jun 18, 2020
- 2 min
Divine Discontent
I am delighted that Great St Mary's is part of this year's Cambridge University Festival of Wellbeing. As with all such events (illegal r...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Jun 11, 2020
- 3 min
Discomfort, Anger, Tears - and Foolishness
Discomfort, Anger, Tears - and Foolishness: may these be God's gifts to me, and to you, right now. God knows we need them.
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
The Lord IS the Dance
It is easy, on Trinity Sunday, to get tripped up by the ‘grammar’ – but our God is Majesty that cannot be parsed, but ought to be praised.
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- May 28, 2020
- 2 min
An Attitude of Gratitude
Pentecost left the apostles reeling. The Gift of the Spirit, beyond easy description, was not beyond their capacity to receive. But it wa...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- May 14, 2020
- 2 min
Lost and Found
When I wrote last week's letter, I already had in mind what I was going to write this week. I left a clue for the eagle-eyed in the last ...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
The New Normal
This phrase has emerged more than once of late, as politicians and others seek to help frame our expectations. Dominic Raab, in particula...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Alleluia! Christ is Risen!
Alleluia! Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! Thank you for all the Easter greetings via email and cards, so amazingly thought...
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Canon Adrian Daffern
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
From the Vicar
You may be entertained by the fact that I was once young enough to be the Church of England's youth representative at the Conference of E...
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