The Rector Bolton Abbey Parish Magazine July 2015 On faith, doubt, and certainty The German theologian Paul Tillich once commented that doubt was not the opposite of faith; rather it…
The Rector Bolton Abbey Parish Magazine July 2015 On faith, doubt, and certainty The German theologian Paul Tillich once commented that doubt was not the opposite of faith; rather it…
28 June 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Fourth Sunday after Trinity Revd Simon Cowling Wisdom 1. 13-15; 2.23-24; Mark 5. 21-end Jesus says: do not fear, only believe. The late Revd…
21 June 2015: Third Sunday after Trinity 10.30 Sung Eucharist Revd Christopher Armstrong Job 38. 1-11; Mark 4. 35-end The title for this sermon could well be “don’t panic”. Yet…
14 June 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist Second Sunday after Trinity Canon Robin Greenwood Ezekiel 17. 22-end; Mark 4. 26-34 Today’s reading from Ezekiel began with a familiar but arresting phrase,…
07 June 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist First Sunday after Trinity Revd Simon Cowling Genesis 3. 8-15; Mark 3. 20-end ‘Bob’s your uncle’. That was, supposedly, the response of the general…
Editor’s note: Bishop John Flack, formerly Bishop of Huntingdon, is the son-in-law of the late Canon Maurice Slaughter, formerly Priest in Charge of Bolton Abbey, and the late Jean Slaughter.…
The Rector Bolton Abbey Parish Magazine June 2015 Vive la différence ‘There will be no mixture of populations to cause endless trouble. A clean sweep will be made.’ This was…
17 May 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Seventh Sunday of Easter Louis della-Porta Acts 1.15-17 & 21-end, John 17.6-19 Lord, may our hearts be open to receive your love, so…
10 May 2015 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Sixth Sunday of Easter Revd Simon Cowling Acts 10. 44 -end; John 15. 9-17 One afternoon last week Liz Higgins and Betty Nelmes,…
The Rector Bolton Abbey Parish Magazine May 2015 Joining the dots Last month a human tragedy was played out in excruciating detail on the TV news bulletins as some seven hundred…