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David Chambers on November 20th, 2009

This poem has come to mean a lot to me. It was with me some years ago at a time when life did not seem worth living and I was clinging onto God by my fingertips. I was reminded of it again yesterday while attending a course on Spiritual Direction. It  was written by Saint [...]

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David Chambers on August 20th, 2009

I’ve always had a soft spot for Bernard ever since Reading some of his writings whilst studying at University. As an evangelical I found in them a depth and Intensity that I had not come across before and they caused me to think that Medieval Christianity contained more than my fellow evangelicals were prepared to [...]

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David Chambers on June 9th, 2009

Yesterday I stumbled on a picture I had taken last year on my mobile phone. The picture shows the site of St. Thomas, Wavertree where I grew up and had my first experience of God. The church was built in 1906 and closed in 2005, sadly not seeing its Centenary. Thankfully, the work of God [...]

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