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LATEST BREAKING NEWS - OUR 'SHEPHERD' -the BISHOP of DURHAM has decided to  abandon/leave his flock !! Any Views  ???         Click POINTS OF VIEW   for my first thoughts, but firstly, see the report below:-

Dr Wright, who will be 62 this autumn, is returning to the academic world, in which he spent the first twenty years of his career, and will take up a new appointment as Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.

Announcing his move, Bishop Tom said, ‘This has been the hardest decision of my life. It has been an indescribable privilege to be Bishop of the ancient Diocese of Durham, to work with a superb team of colleagues, to take part in the work of God’s kingdom here in the north-east, and to represent the region and its churches in the House of Lords and in General Synod. I have loved the people, the place, the heritage and the work. But my continuing vocation to be a writer, teacher and broadcaster, for the benefit (I hope) of the wider world and church, has been increasingly difficult to combine with the complex demands and duties of a diocesan bishop. I am very sad about this, but the choice has become increasingly clear.’

Among the initiatives Bishop Tom has pioneered has been the ‘Big Read’ programme, which has got people across the North-East, and across all Christian churches, reading the Bible together in Lent. This programme will expand to a national level next year, with Bishop Tom’s forthcoming ‘Lent for Everyone – Matthew’ being the basic text.

As Bishop of Durham, Dr Wright has spoken in the House of Lords on numerous occasions and issues. Most recently he has championed the cause of new underground technology for the clean use of coal from the region’s still massive coalfields. He has also taken a lead in debating issues surrounding constitutional reform. Within the wider Anglican world he was a member of the Commission that produced the Windsor Report (2004) on the future of the Anglican Communion, and was the Archbishop of Canterbury’s special representative at the Roman Catholic Synod of Bishops in 2008. Together with Maggie, his wife, he has developed a close relationship with HMS Bulwark, which is twinned with County Durham, culminating in a seminar on board which brought together leading theologians and military personnel to discuss issues of war, peace and faith. He has worked hard to develop friendships and partnerships with Christians of all denominations. He has spoken frequently on radio and TV, including writing and presenting a series of radio meditations and music and television programmes on the resurrection and on the problem of evil.

As a writer, Bishop Tom has been working on three series of books – Christian Origins and the Question of God (at a scholarly level), The New Testament for Everyone (at a popular level) and a sequence of studies to introduce the Christian faith, Simply Christian, Surprised by Hope and most recently Virtue Reborn (US Title After You Believe). He hopes now to be able to complete these collections, and other ongoing research, while teaching (particularly graduate students) in the Faculty of Divinity at St Andrews. He has also been approached to head up various broadcasting projects to bring the results of good biblical scholarship to a wider audience.

Bishop Tom and Maggie have four adult children and three grandchildren

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Folk who do not consider criticism appropriate may, understandably, wish to avoid this page, but I copy (below) the items which caught my eye in the press, or elsewhere, and on which I may comment in more detail in the Points of View section If you wish to join in the debate on any issue, please use the link on the front page, or in POINTS OF VIEW:-

Copied from the August "Cornerstone" -- St Gabriel's magazine Aug 2009 :-

13TH APRIL 2009 report - THE CROSS HACKED DOWN !! Click EASTER PANEL left     12TH APRIL 2009    -   PROGRESS ON THE BELLS - CLICK PANEL TO THE LEFT     

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I was recently given a postcard with the image below. It is entitled St Veronica's handkerchief. The interest is in the eyes. The original apparently hangs in  All Saints Church, Helmsley, North Yorks

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20th January 2009 - Daily Mail "Answers to Correspondents"

 

QUESTION of England still Church carry out  `Churching'  whereby new mothers would give thanks for a safe birth?

 "AS in all things, the Church of England moves on. The Churching of Women, in the Book of Common Prayer, was more properly called The Thanksgiving of Women after Childbirth. It still exists as The Thanksgiving for the Birth of a Child. In today's world, it is more family ­friendly and involves the father of the child as well as its mother.

Throughout my ministry, I have used it as a precursor to baptism as it includes the giving of a Gospel to the child, something which I hope will be of use to them when they are old enough to understand.

 

                                                                      Fr Allan Campbell-Wilson, Cayton, Scarborough, Yorks

 

 

 

 

             What would Jesus think?

A Muslim queries our attitudes to Homosexuality  -- see letter in POINTS OF VIEW

           

IN PRAISE OF EVENSONG

Christ Church Cathedral, Cincinnati, Ohio :-

"Evensong, one of the official services of the Anglican Communion, has a centuries old tradition. The very controversial Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer, is credited with publishing the first order of Evensong in 1549. It was revised and included as an official service in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer.

Evensong is often referred to as a combination of two Roman Catholic offices, Vespers and Compline, blended into one inspiring service. There are two types of the service, one with a choir and one without. The services at Christ Church Cathedral include the choir.

In the choral service, sections of the liturgy are strategically set to music. For the most part, the music is traditional Anglican dating back to the sixteenth century. However, compositions by contemporary composers such as Herbert Howells and John Rutter are gaining standing in choral evensong services.

Proponents of choral evensong believe singing adds a valuable dimension to the spiritual experience of worship. As St. Augustine said, “Anyone who sings, prays twice.”

The tradition of choral evensong at Christ Church Cathedral is well established. The standard of singing is very high, as the Cathedral choir continues a worship service nearly 500 years old."

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