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See the bottom of this page for some notes on the listing of articles.
Indexed articles:
2000-2003 by topic,
2000-2003 by date;
2004-2006 by topic,
2004-2006 by date.
Index of articles by date (most recent first)
December 2003:
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Christmas at a vicarage,
p2 - Don't buy it - make it - this Christmas,
p4 - 22 Christians arrested in Egypt,
p8 - Question: Did Enoch really exist?
November 2003:
p1 - Vicar's Letter: What makes a wedding?
p2 - Sorted,
p4 - Christians Against Poverty,
p8 - Christ the King.
October 2003:
p1 - A good night out,
p2 - The Good News in the News: advertising the church?
p4 - Coptic / Egyptian Harvest,
p6 - How to save Iraq - should aid have gospel strings attached?
p8 - St Luke's Finances for 2003,
p11 - Do not stand at my grave and weep (poem).
September 2003:
p1 - Invitations: Welcome Back & Alpha,
p2 - Linking with the Copts in Egypt,
p4 - St Luke's Day Centre,
p8 - How to apply what the bible says about homosexuality?
August 2003:
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Bruce Almighty,
p2 - How many cups did you say? (Communion according to Luke),
p4 - I believe in God (song to the tune of "I'm a little teapot"),
p6 - History: Kathleen Illingworth,
p8 - What does the bible say about homosexuality?
p11 - Bradford Diocese's new Logo.
July 2003:
p2 - What is the bishop coming for?
p4 - In the paper at Pentecost (song to the tune "Teddy Bear's Picnic"),
p8 - Question: Children and communion.
June 2003:
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Risen, Ascended, Glorified - Who?
p2 - The injustice of bible translation,
p4 - The unbalanced budget,
p6 - Worship and Learning Together (CTNB),
p8 - Reaching those who don't come.
May 2003
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Why vote, and who for?
p2 - Living with Jesus' absence,
p4 - So we went to war after all,
p8 - How does STV work?
April 2003: (We apologise for problems with quality in April's printed magazine)
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Jesus and Anastasia,
p2 - Holywell Village - a new future?
p4 - Seeking peace but not pacifist,
p8 - The balance of a working life.
March 2003:
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Back to basics in Lent,
p2 - Annual Meeting,
p4 - New World - Old Faith (Churches Together Lent Course),
p8 - Question: Why get us to study Islam?
February 2003:
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Don't play cricket in Zimbabwe,
p2 - Hymn for the Presentation (tune: "Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer"),
p4 - An Anglican-Methodist Covenant.
p8 - We've paid for the roof ... let's buy some bibles,
p9 - Sharon Peters visits us from Lexington.
January 2003:
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Read Mark,
p2 - An encounter with depression,
p4 - Understanding your Muslim neighbour,
p8 - Question: would you deny Santa is real?
December 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Jesus - God become man,
p2 - Boxes full of little envelopes,
p4 - Make them smile in Morrison's aisle,
p8 - Question: Yoga in church halls?
p11 - Reflections on Stewardship.
November 2002
p1 - Vicar's letter: Sex and a new Archbishop,
p2 - Wildfire,
p4 - More on the East Window,
p6 - A brainstorm for small services,
p8 - "Busing" - the USA experience,
p10 - Should America attack Iraq?
p11 - Jelleys - Short break from Uganda.
October 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Faithful Remnant,
p2 - How to pay for the roof,
p6 - The lost window at St Luke's,
p8 - Question: Funerals,
p9 - A faith school for secular folk,
p11 - Deanery with attutide and clout.
September 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Grill the Preacher
p2 - Babies out of wedlock
p4 - All included
p6 - Evening Service
p8 - A Hindu holy site on the Aire
August 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Building Relationships ("Cell-Church" 4)
p2 - Rot in the south porch roof
p6 - Reflections on Ravenscliffe
p8 - Question: Wedding Blessings?
p11 - Get involved in Church Schools
July 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Cell values ("Cell-Church" 3)
p2 - Jubilee Celebrations: St Luke's on TV and links to media coverage
p4 - Wildfire ... coming to Bradford
p8 - Question: Move table and change clothes?
June 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Love God, others & the lost ("Cell-Church" 2)
p2 - The scourge of the tactical vote
p4 - New-style "3+1" Sunday Club
p6 - Keeping the regular joint services
p8 - Question: Faith schools and creationism?
p10 - Industrial Revolution in Eccleshill (history)
p11 - Jelleys - Shifting in Africa
May 2002
p1 - Vicar's letter: Body parts or bus passengers? ("Cell-Church" 1)
p2 - Reflections on Christenings - following April's letter to David Beckham.
p4 - Return of the Basement
p8 - Question: Those extra books in my bible?
April 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Don't Baptize Brooklyn Beckham and links to media coverage.
p2 - What's the vicar's job worth?
p4 - Introducing 1 Peter: A keen and long-lasting faith
p8 - Question: Lead us not into temptation?
March 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: Autism in the news
p2 - Looking at Jesus through Thomas
p4 - Jesus - crossing the gap
p8 - Question: What is the "Resurrection"?
February 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: The Church's place in School
p2 - Foot & Mouth's first anniversary
p4 - Which version of the bible?
p8 - Question: What is the "Evangelical" Church?
p10 - The murder at Stony Loin
January 2002
p1 - Vicar's Letter: What we are about this year
p2 - Church on the web...
p4 - Jelleys - African Time
p6 - The Church Electoral Roll
p8 - Question: Isn't a common cup unhygeinic?
p8 - Question: Why must we have repetitious choruses?
December 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Christmas myths and truths"
p2 - Give off the top or the bottom?
p4 - Feel the words, hear the Word
p8 - Question: Special parents for special children?
November 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Remember, remember"
p2 - Why I tithe (Rev'd Tom O'Dell)
p4 - What to pray over bread and wine
p8 - Question: Why doesn't God heal?
October 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Harvest - Thank and Think"
p2 - We do not presume no more?
p4 - What's the point of money?
p6 - Question: Is the a God after 11th September?
p8 - Eglsehill ... a millennium ago
September 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Making PEACE in Bradford"
p2 - Test me in blessing you
p4 - Question: Harry Potter?
p8 - From Holy Spirit or Virgin Mary?
August 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Race, Faith, Culture ... and Riots"
p2 - Prepare for new service books
p4 - Rich fool or wise manager?
p8 - Question: Who made God?
July 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Regular Joint Services"
p2 - "All things come from you"
p6 - The Holy Spirit's Teapot
p8 - Question: When do you visit the sick?
June 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "The virtue of the vote"
p10 - Question: Is the Devil real?
May 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "World faith or Western faith?"
p2 - May the best men win?
p8 - Question: What is The Communion of Saints?
April 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Jesus Risen - Fact or Fantasy?"
p2 - Our Father
p8 - Question: Marriage Preparation?
March 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Our racism in our society"
p2 - Not the Queen's Speech
p4 - Sidesmen
p8 - What kind of Christian?
p9 - Medical science or paganism? (Joy Mackenzie)
p10 - Question: Bloodthirsty Old Testament?
February 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "For weddings and a funeral?"
p2 - Me on the PCC? You're nuts!
p4 - Kerzapp! (about confirmation)
p8 - Question: Care for a handicapped child?
January 2001
p1 - Vicar's letter: "New creation or old dog?"
p2 - Which bit of the bible to read?
p4 - Question: Medical science or paganism?
p8 - Christmas Quiz Answers
p11 - Sending a Jelley baby to Africa
December 2000
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Incredible Christmas"
p2 - Genuine Christmas
p4 - Question: Missionary Giving?
p8 - A Christmas Quiz
November 2000
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Strangers and pilgrims"
p1 - Welcome to Marise
p2 - Catching a vision
p8 - Question: Why Thanksgivings?
October 2000
p1 - Vicar's letter: "What for and how often?"
p1 - "It's a small world"
p2 - Money and missionaries
p6 - 11.15am Services - make a good thing better
p8 - Question: Why get married?
September 2000
p1 - Vicar's letter: "One body, many styles"
p1 - "It's a small world"
p2 - The church at Ephesus
p4 - Gift Aid Donations
p8 - Question: Multifaith worship, dialogue and cooperation?
p9 - "Common Worship" services
August 2000
p1 - Vicar's letter: "How are you finding Eccleshill, then?"
p1 - "It's a small world"
p2 - A time to heal
p5 - David - worship his heir
p8 - Question: Spilled wine at communion?
July 2000
p1 - Vicar's letter: "The visiting pastor"
p1 - "It's a small world"
p2 - Marriage in church after divorce
p5 - What was so good in Antioch?
p6 - Question: Why can't we have "Jerusalem"?
June 2000
p1 - Vicar's letter: "Your starter for ten"
p2 - Without a shepherd?
p6 - Question: Yeast in communion bread?
p11 - The Church Commissioners in 1999
May 2000
p3 - Our new vicar's holidays
p8 - Can I speak to you confidentially?
April 2000
p3 - Our new vicar's son - Peter
March 2000
p3 - Our new vicar's background
p5 - Profile in the Telegraph & Argus
On this part of the site we have archived articles from our parish magazine from March 2000. They are mostly the pages written by the vicar, about four each issue. More recent articles appear on the main part of the site.
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