Meditation for Monday of Holy Week

One of the things that you get from reading and re-reading the Gospels again and again is the sense and depth of the emotions. It’s also the universality of the themes.

Palm Sunday Meditation

How do you portray Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem? What art works for it?

It’s a strange event. It has Jesus, a donkey, weeping, a crowd shouting out, a city, a group of protagonists, high drama and expectation.

Surely, all the ingredients for a great work of art.

Yet it is a strange event.

Pictures from visit of Archbishop of Canterbury to Springfield – Revised Edition!

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Gordon, who took so many of the brilliant photos of Rowan Williams visit to Springfield, has told me that I put the wrong set of pictures up online!

Springfield Church on the Fresh Expressions Website….

Fresh Expressions have just published an article I wrote (last night!) for them about the visit of ++Rowan to Springfield and the difference I believe that has made for us as a church. I’m in the process of writing a longer article about his visit to go up in the next day or two reflecting on his visit (in between everything else!).

New Pictures of the visit of ++Rowan to Springfield Church

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Well there were some others taking photos on Sunday other than Gordon! Here are some that the Sutton Guardian and the Press Association have sent through and said that I may use for the blog and the website

New story about Rowan’s Visit on Sutton Guardian

There is an article in the Sutton Guardian about the visit of Rowan last Sunday to Springfield. I have also been sent a few wonderful photos from some of the photo agencies and will try and get them up later today.

Pictures of the Visit of the Archbishop of Canterbury to Springfield Church

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Well what a great day it was on Sunday with the Archbishop of Canterbury visiting Springfield Church. We have now got some of the photos from the day (and I am hoping for a few more!).

Archbishop Rowan’s Sermon at Springfield Church

Managed to upload ++Rowan’s sermon that he gave to Springfield on Sunday onto Youtube. Well worth listening to. Set of pictures will be up later. I’m still gently coming down to earth….

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Article on Archbishop of Canterbury’s website

Article on Archbishop of Canterbury’s website

Article now up talking about Springfield on the Archbishop’s website with a transcript and link to the video.

++Rowan’s interview with Isabella

You might be interested in what ++Rowan said about his move to Cambridge. Isabella had a very brief interview with him just before yesterday’s service: http://bit.ly/FPAci0