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Haddon’s Blog

Just as I am: to be the best that I can be

May 5, 2013 Haddon's Blog
We stow old rubbish in the attic and it gathers dust. Then one day we discover what we have forgotten we ever had, blow the dust off and find we have treasure in our hands. We published this blog just a year ago, but it comes up quite often in searches and we thought it worthy of another outing. Enjoy!
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Mildred Nevile

September 19, 2012 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Mildred Nevile One friend said when he read this funeral oration about someone he had never heard of: ‘I feel that I know not only about Mildred through it but to a little extent know her: what a remarkable woman’.
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Jonah 4 and I Corinthians 13

May 1, 2012 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Jonah 4 and I Corinthians 13 A Taster for Best-Fest on May 13 thinking about God arguing with angry Jonah.
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A film to see, a song to sing

February 15, 2012 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for A film to see, a song to sing A film to see, a song to sing
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God troubles Job

January 10, 2012 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for God troubles Job This is in the Bible: the good man Job is in trouble because God will not leave him alone. Can we believe it? Can we understand it? Can we live it? Is it good for us at all?
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Reading the riots: a NEET question comes home

December 6, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Reading the riots: a NEET question comes home ‘The big question Reading the Riots leaves us with is whether, in our current fretful state, with unavoidable austerity ahead, we have the energy to invest what’s needed in family and neighbourhood and school to rescue those who think they have nothing to lose’ -The Archbishop of Canterbury
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A Nativity Play for all the congregation

October 21, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for A Nativity Play for all the congregation The Birth of Jesus according to St Matthew: A Nativity Play for all the congregation. This play was written by Haddon Willmer and performed at Moortown Baptist Church at Christmas 2010. The text is available here for any church or other group to use. It is offered without charge, subject to its usual acknowledgements. We would be grateful to hear of any use made of it.
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The invitation of an old hymn

September 26, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Sing an old hymn and find treasure in an abandoned mine.
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Questions that may matter

September 25, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Reading a serious newspaper on a Saturday shows me a world where some things matter very much. On Sunday in church, that world grows strangely dim. Can that be right?
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She did what she could

August 1, 2011 Haddon's Blog
This is a dangerous article about the woman who anointed Jesus. It is dangerous because it might encourage our complacency, our comfortable faith-based mediocrities. But the best way of reducing the risk is full undefended exposure to the story
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