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Newsletter
Author Archives: Gerry Lynch
Paddington Bear and the Girl with Blue Hair
Liberal Christians have tried & failed to present the Gospel to appeal to well-educated progressives, while ignoring working-class women Continue reading
Posted in Anglicanism, Christianity, UK
Tagged anglicanism, christianity, culture, evangelism, mission
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Harvesting the Bread of Life: Sermon Preached in St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 25th September 2022 (Harvest Festival)
Cynicism pretends to be clever and doom-mongering to be moral. The reality is, however, that there is hope for our climate. Continue reading
On Current Trends, Northern Ireland Will Leave the Union
I was published in Unherd on the 2021 Northern Ireland Census figures. Demography isn’t destiny but it contributes powerfully to it. This week’s Northern Ireland 2021 Census release, showing Catholics outnumbering Protestants for the first time, does not in itself doom the … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Northern Ireland, UK
Tagged british politics, democracy, northern ireland politics, religion
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A Queen and A Poor Sinner: Sermon Preached in St Peter’s, Poulshot, Sunday 11th September 2022 (The Period of Mourning for the Death of Queen Elizabeth II)
Much is being said about Elizabeth the Queen, but little about Elizabeth the Christian. She believed in Christ’s promises of eternal life. Continue reading
Transcendence Amid Our Troubles: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 28th August 2022 (The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity)
I can hardly bear to listen to the news. Allowing ourselves to be touched by eternity refreshes us to deal with our mundane problems. Continue reading
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Keeping the Sabbath?: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 21st August 2022 (The Tenth Sunday after Trinity)
Readings – Jeremiah 1:4–10; Luke 13: 10–17 “There are six days on which work ought to be done; come on those days and be cured, and not the sabbath day.” Let me begin with a story from my mother country, … Continue reading
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Tagged fundamentalism, sabbatarianism, secularism, sunday
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View from Yerevan in The Tablet
It’s good to be in print in this week’s The Tablet (11 August 2022 edition) with a “View from Yerevan” – a piece about beautiful town planning, the revival and the absence of churches, losing a war, refugees from far … Continue reading
Posted in Global, history, Journalism, World Politics
Tagged Architecture, beauty, christianity, culture, geopolitics, history, the tablet
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Faith, Gays, and Sandi Toksvig: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 7th August 2022 (The Eighth Sunday after Trinity)
“Just be a good person” is a charming sentiment – from a nursery school teacher or an 8-year-old. Not from an intelligent adult Continue reading
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Tagged anglicanism, culture, faith, lambeth conference, politics, religion
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A Clergyman’s Diary: Photos of Jersey
Six beautiful photos of the sunny isle of Jersey – and links to find even more of them! Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Travel
Tagged beauty, clerical working life, jersey, photography
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Rt Rev’d Christopher Herbert Sermon on Beauty
Christopher Herbert: “Surrounded as we are by buildings, textiles, hymns, poetry, and music of soaring beauty, our words about God have become drained, empty, and ploddingly banal.” Continue reading
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