The Christian Community in Forest Row
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‘Let him who is without sin be the first to cast a stone.’ (John 8). One thing that stood out during our weekend conference on the Holy Land was Ilse Wellershof-Schuur’s ability to embrace multiple viewpoints. She helped us to see that this is the only way we can imagine a future in the troubled
Update for Forest Row for Sunday, 17th March, 2024 Read More »
The valley of the shadow… The Lord – who speaks the ‘I’ within me – He is my shepherd.I shall lack nothing.He lets me rest on green pastures;He leads me to the stream of life;He restores my soul.He lets me walk on the path of truthfulnessin the all-wielding power of his ‘I’.And – though I
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The Sign of Jonah When the crowds were increasing, Jesus said: ‘This generation is alienated from the spirit; it seeks for a sign of the spirit, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of
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Transfiguration: an imagination .. and from the altar there flowed golden ribbons that wound round about us and connected us: the stranger in his dull overcoat; the old lady counting her money for the collection; my best friend with whom I was quarrelling. All were joined in a great web of gold. And gradually I
Update for Forest Row for Sunday, 25th February, 2024 Read More »
Temptation God asks us to live [the] new life in the circumstances of everyday life, contradicted by turmoil, opposition, and anxieties of all kinds. These seem to persecute us because we feel drawn to be alone to relish that silence. But we need to be confronted by the vicissitudes of daily life. The alternation between
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The Holy Land – so many narratives meet here, so many destinies, and each of them has their own right to be told, each is carrying important truths, but none is whole in itself. In our weekend conference, we will learn about the Land in all its diversity, then we will dive into some of
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Giving something up for Lent There comes a time in every child’s life when – out of themselves – they want to give something back to their parents, whose love and care are the foundation of their existence. One such moment in my life came when I felt moved to make my mother a cup
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After the fullness of Advent, Christmas and Epiphany, this Sunday, we return to the Trinity prayer in the Act of Consecration of Man. Whatever festival we may be celebrating, the three crosses that we make seven times though the service, bring to our awareness the gifts of the Trinity. When the time comes when we
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To pray for another person – not to wish for things for them, or to think that we know better than they do, what they need, but to pray for them with an open heart – that is one of the most selfless acts. We bear the tension that comes when we bring our own
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What makes a miracle happen? For the magical thinking of ancient times, there was nothing so shocking about the idea that the laws of nature could be overturned. Nowadays, we probably feel quite relieved that the law of gravity is consistent enough that we don’t need to pray that our house doesn’t float away in
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