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‘Its not about me’ : Reading Cottrell On Priesthood over a lockdown weekend

‘Its not about me’ : Reading Cottrell On Priesthood over a lockdown weekend

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I wonder what you are finding absorbs your time and attention during these strange hours and days? My table at home is gathering some small (and neatly organised) piles of books. Some associated with work and lectures to prepare. Some for pleasure and others  (I hope) for self-improvement !  Stephen Cottrell’s book (On Priesthood : Hodder and Stoughton 2020) arrived last week. I read its 176 pages over two days. It has a deceptive lightness of touch but do not be…

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Not for Profit – what kind of education will equip us for the future ?

Not for Profit – what kind of education will equip us for the future ?

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Looking backwards and wondering ‘what if’ is an exercise that requires care and some measure of wisdom. However, we need to engage in the ‘what if’ questions to nurture reflexivity and so challenge ourselves to be energised by the possibilities of change. So here is a question – if you could turn the clock back what would you change about the way you were educated? What have the processes of formal or informal learning given you for life? Where are…

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Lingering Ghosts and the challenges of Public Art

Lingering Ghosts and the challenges of Public Art

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  For those of you who know Sarum College you will be aware that we have a long tradition of exhibiting Art. At the moment we are showing some arresting and disturbing portraits crafted by Sam Ivin (pictured above) Sam Ivin is a photographer whose work focuses on social issues and the people connected with them. He studied Documentary Photography at the University of Wales, Newport, graduating in 2014. This exhibition, Lingering Ghosts, consists of hand-scratched portraits of those seeking…

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Padre Addison VC and Sarum College

Padre Addison VC and Sarum College

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It was a great pleasure and privilege yesterday for us to welcome guests to Sarum College to mark the centenary of the award of the Victoria Cross to one of our former students ( The Reverend William Addison )                        William Addison                         Addison’s Medals (VC far left) Here are my opening remarks Memory and Meaning in the Commemoration of the First World War Padre Addison VC   A warm welcome to you all this afternoon and especially to those…

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Sarum College Presentation Day 4th March 2017

Sarum College Presentation Day 4th March 2017

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(my opening remarks at the Ceremony) It gives me great pleasure to welcome you all this morning to this ceremony for the presentation of academic awards for Sarum College. Thanks to St Thomas Church for hosting us and to a former student, Roger Wilcock who is playing the organ. It is good to see so many familiar faces and to share in this celebration of your achievement. Behind each name on this programme is an individual story that is characterised…

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Lent Books 2017

Lent Books 2017

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Here is my wander through a number of Lent books offering you a little glimpse into some of what is available. Justin Welby, Dethroning Mammon. This short book well organised into six chapters and offers the possibility of a basis for lent study on the challenging question of what might a Christian make money and materialism. It is focused and grounded in Scripture and asks persistent and searching questions of the reader. How do we handle the power of money?…

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What kind of Ministry? Chaplaincy as Mission

What kind of Ministry? Chaplaincy as Mission

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Chaplaincy Ministry and the Mission of the Church Victoria Slater, SCM Press 2015, 160 pages, pbk, no price marked, ISBN 978 0 334 05315 6   There are three distinctive and attractive characteristics of this book. The first is the authors’ skilful ability to open up her research in an accessible and stimulating way. The second is the quality of theological reflection based, thirdly, in the reflective practice of her experience as a healthcare chaplain.   Six chapters work together…

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Sarum College – an enriching and enlarging place

Sarum College – an enriching and enlarging place

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I have  had somewhat of a break from WordPress and decided on this first day of Lent to reconnect with this medium by way of re-engaging and reflecting on what had been very demanding but stimulating past few months. During the early part of 2015 I engaged in a discernment process which led to my appointment as Principal of Sarum College in Salisbury. You will see above an aerial view of the College. Saying farewell to Windsor was difficult and…

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