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March 24, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

The promise of life is always undeserved

Tomorrow is Good Friday, and so it seems appropriate to focus on Jesus’ promise of life to one of those

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March 17, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

Breaking of bread, communion, Eucharist, the Lord’s supper, the mass – what do we call it?

The meal that is supposed to unite Christians has all too often divided Christians.  Here I have in mind not

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March 10, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

Turn us from every shallow judgement

“God of salvation, we stand before you on holy ground, for your name is glorified and your mercy revealed wherever

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March 3, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

Creating an agenda for a meeting

Meetings are often the bane of a church’s life. They can be such a waste of time. Indeed, I rather

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February 25, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

A model church board – reflections on Acts 6

The apostles had a very specific role: their chief task was to be witnesses of the resurrection. But the church

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February 18, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

Prayer and the Dead

In Common Worship: Services and Prayers for the Church of England (Church House Publishing, 2000) the suggested structure for the

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February 11, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

True Love – a reflection on 1 Corinthians 13

How would you define true love? According to a girl called Lauren: “True love is not about the hugs and

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February 4, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

A celebration of a 70th birthday

The other weekend we celebrated Caroline’s 70th birthday. Alas, the Scriptures have little positive to say about such a milestone.

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January 28, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

Candlemas – Jesus is the light of the world

“When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to

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January 21, 2016 Paul Beasley-Murray

Will we know one another?

Will we know one another when we die? This was the concern of a good friend whose sister-in-law is in

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