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Easter: Jesus comes again today

April 25, 2011 Haddon's Blog
How do we imagine resurrection? Does rising from the dead shape our ideas more than Jesus who comes again? Does Easter call us to believe in extraordinary miracles or to live with Jesus as he walks on the earth?
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Life options in Gethsemane

April 20, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Life options in Gethsemane A meditation on Matthew 27. 52-54 for Maundy Thursday: Jesus chooses between three options, the sword, miracle, and being human to the full with God.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer died 9 April 1945: Salt and Light in the world

April 7, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Dietrich Bonhoeffer died 9 April 1945:  Salt and Light in the world Dietrich Bonhoeffer was hanged at Flossenburg on 9 April 1945 for his part in the resistance to Nazism and Hitler. David Wilcox tells his story here and shows how he was salt and light in the world as Jesus calls us all to be.
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Read Screwtape Letters

March 29, 2011 Haddon's Blog
It is a good thing to see Screwtape Letters in the theatre; it is better to read and ponder them for yourself. Here are some rough notes, to serve as a taster.
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Lord Hailsham A Sparrow’s Flight (1990, Collins)

March 23, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Lord Hailsham  A Sparrow’s Flight  (1990, Collins) Despite all the destruction and malevolence of the world, I do not believe in a malevolent deity. I do not believe in an irrational universe. I believe in goodness, truthfulness, loving kindness, beauty, generosity, loyalty. They all exist and are qualities which demand just as much explanation as malevolence, mendaciousness, cruelty, ugliness, meanness and treachery. – Lord Hailsham
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Questions from Romania since 1990

February 26, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Questions from Romania since 1990 The trunk of my Romanian experience is composed of Romanian people of profound faith and hardworking commitment to Christian life and witness. And round the core, sprouting from the trunk, are questions, questions. Questions we with them have to think about and to answer in practice.
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Stories from Romania

February 24, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Stories from Romania As a child, I grew up in a poor family in Romania, and even though my parents were working very hard, many times we were struggling for survival….I feel very blessed being part of this family and I do not regret any of hard times we have been through together, as these experiences bound us closer to each other and to God.
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Jackdaws in my tree

February 19, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for Jackdaws in my tree I have been looking at something happening in recent weeks. Just sitting and watching has reminded me of some words of Martin Luther, the rumbustious Reformer (1483-1546) to whom Evangelicals owe so much – doctrines like ‘justification by grace through faith’ and the ‘priesthood of all believers’, which
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What my first Bible story means to me now

January 28, 2011 Haddon's Blog
Thumbnail image for What my first Bible story means to me now What has a children’s Bible story, a bird in an apple tree, the Battle of Britain got to do with forgiveness, God after the Full Stop, and the dance going on?
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The shootings in Tucson, Arizona

January 12, 2011 Haddon's Blog
The shootings in Tucson Arizona challenge humanity. Like any evil, they challenge Christian faith and hope. How shall we respond? In England will we say again, wearily, and from a hypocritical distance, What can you expect in a country that glorifies the gun? Or shall we respond with peace and civility….?
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