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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.
Topics:
Vicar's Letters,
Questions,
Bible,
Christenings,
Church,
Democracy,
Events,
Healing,
History,
Hymns,
Marriage,
Missionaries,
Money,
Race & Faiths,
Services,
Schools,
Vision,
Worship,
Others.
Index of articles by topic
March 2000 to December 2003.
Vicar's Letters:
Christmas at a vicarage - December 2003
What makes a wedding? - November 2003
Bruce Almighty - August 2003
Risen, Ascended, Glorified - Who? - June 2003
Why vote, and who for? - May 2003
Jesus and Anastasia - April 2003
Back to basics in Lent - March 2003
Don't play cricket in Zimbabwe - February 2003
Read Mark - January 2003
Jesus - God become man - December 2002
Sex and a new Archbishop - November 2002
Faithful Remnant - October 2002
Grill the Preacher - September 2002
Building Relationships ("Cell-Church" 4) - August 2002
Cell values ("Cell-Church" 3) - July 2002
Love God, others & the lost ("Cell-Church" 2) - June 2002
Body parts or bus passengers? ("Cell-Church" 1) - May 2002
Don't Baptize Brooklyn Beckham and links to media coverage - April 2002
Autism in the news -March 2002
The Church's place in School - February 2002
What we are about this year - January 2002
Christmas myths and truths - December 2001
Remember, remember - November 2001
Harvest - Thank and Think - October 2001
Making PEACE in Bradford - September 2001
Race, Faith, Culture ... and Riots - August 2001
Regular Joint Services - July 2001
The virtue of the vote - June 2001
World faith or Western faith? - May 2001
Jesus Risen - Fact or Fantasy? - April 2001
Our racism in our society - March 2001
Not the Queen's Speech - March 2001
For weddings and a funeral? - February 2001
New creation or old dog? - January 2001
Incredible Christmas - December 2000
Genuine Christmas - December 2000
Strangers and pilgrims - November 2000
What for and how often? - October 2000
One body, many styles - September 2000
How are you finding Eccleshill, then? - August 2000
The visiting pastor - July 2000
Your starter for ten - June 2000
Without a shepherd? - June 2000
... and some introductions to the vicar, written before he arrived in Eccleshill:
Our new vicar's holidays - May 2000
Our new vicar's son - Peter - April 2000
Profile in the Telegraph & Argus - March 2000
Our new vicar's background - March 2000
"Questions to the clergy:"
Did Enoch really exist? - December 2003
Children and communion - July 2003
Why get us to study Islam? - March 2003
Would you deny Santa is real? - January 2003
Yoga in church halls - December 2002
Sex and a new Archbishop - November 2002
Funerals if you never knew the deceased - October 2002
Wedding Blessings? - August 2002
Move table and change clothes? - July 2002
Faith schools and creationism? - June 2002
What are those extra books in my bible? - May 2002
Why did Jesus teach "Lead us not into temptation"? - April 2002
What is the "Resurrection"? - March 2002
What is the "Evangelical" Church? - February 2002
Isn't a common cup unhygeinic? - January 2002
Why must we have repetitious choruses? - January 2002
Special parents for special children? - December 2001
Why doesn't God heal? - November 2001
Is there a God after 11th September? - October 2001
Harry Potter? - September 2001
Who made God? - August 2001
When do you visit the sick? - July 2001
Is the Devil real? - June 2001
What is The Communion of Saints? - May 2001
Marriage Preparation? - April 2001
Bloodthirsty Old Testament? - March 2001
Care for a handicapped child? - February 2001
Medical science or paganism? - January 2001
Missionary Giving? - December 2000
Why Thanksgivings? - November 2000
Why get married? - October 2000
Multifaith worship, dialogue and cooperation? - September 2000
Spilled wine at communion? - August 2000
Why can't we have "Jerusalem"? - July 2000
Yeast in communion bread? - June 2000
Can I speak to you confidentially? - May 2000
Bible, sermons and sermon series:
The injustice of bible translation - June 2003
Living with Jesus' absence - May 2003
Read Mark - January 2003
Introducing 1 Peter: A keen and long-lasting faith - April 2002
Jesus - crossing the gap - March 2002
Which version of the bible should we have? - February 2002
The Holy Spirit's Teapot - Joel & Acts 2, Pentecost, July 2001
Which bit of the bible to read? - January 2001
The church at Ephesus - September 2000
David - worship his heir - August 2000
What was so good in Antioch? - July 2000
Christenings etc:
Reflections on Christenings - May 2002, following April's Vicar's Letter to David Beckham.
Don't Baptize Brooklyn Beckham and links to media coverage - April 2002
Kerzapp! (about confirmation) - February 2001
Why Thanksgivings? - November 2000
Church organisation: (also see quite a lot of the "Questions" above)
St Luke's Day Centre - September 2003
Annual Meeting - March 2003
The Church Electoral Roll - January 2002
Sidesmen - March 2001
Me on the PCC? You're nuts! - February 2001
Democracy:
How does STV work? - May 2003
Annual Meeting - March 2003
The scourge of the tactical vote - June 2002
The virtue of the vote - June 2001
May the best men win? - May 2001
Events past & future:
Don't buy it - make it - December 2003
Christ the King - November 2003
A good night out (Alpha) - October 2003
Welcome Back & Alpha - September 2003
What is the bishop coming for? - July 2003
Worship and Learning Together (CTNB) - June 2003
New World - Old Faith (Churches Together Lent Course) - March 2003
Understanding your Muslim neighbour - January 2003
Make them smile in Morrison's aisle - December 2002
Wildfire - November 2002
All included - September 2002
Wildfire ... coming to Bradford - July 2002
Jubilee Celebrations: St Luke's on TV and links to media coverage - July 2002
Looking at Jesus through Thomas - March 2002
Foot & Mouth's first anniversary - February 2002
The Church's place in School - February 2002
Healing:
Why doesn't God heal? - November 2001
Question: When do you visit the sick? - July 2001
Medical science or paganism? (response by Joy Mackenzie) - March 2001
Medical science or paganism? - January 2001
A time to heal - August 2000
Local History:
Kathleen Illingworth - August 2003
More on the East Window - November 2002
The lost window at St Luke's - October 2002
Industrial Revolution in Eccleshill - June 2002
The murder at Stony Loin - February 2002
Eglsehill ... a millennium ago - October 2001
Hymns & Poems: (first lines)
Do not stand at my grave and weep (poem) - October 2003
I believe in God (tune: "I'm a little teapot") - August 2003
If you go down to Jerusalem (tune: "Teddy Bear's Picnic") - July 2003
Simeon in the city (tune: "Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer") - February 2003
Gabriel came down (tune: "Dashing through the snow / Jingle Bells") - December 2002
How great is God the Lord Almighty (tune: "Match of the Day") - July 2002
Marriage & Relationships:
What makes a wedding? - November 2003
How to apply what the bible says about homosexuality? - September 2003
What does the bible say about homosexuality? - August 2003
Babies out of wedlock - September 2002
Wedding Blessings? - August 2002
Question: Marriage Preparation? - April 2001
Question: Why get married? - October 2000
Marriage in church after divorce - July 2000
Missionaries:
Chris and Angela Chorlton, going to Egypt with CMS in 2004:
22 Christians Arrested in Egypt - December 2003.
Coptic / Egyptian Harvest - October 2003
Linking with the Copts in Egypt - September 2003
Chris & Sophie Jelley in Uganda with CMS, 2001-02:
Jelleys - Short break from Uganda - November 2002
Jelleys - Shifting in Africa June 2002
Jelleys - African Time - January 2002
Sending a Jelley baby to Africa - January 2001
CMS.
Money:
St Luke's Finances for 2003 - October 2003
The unbalanced budget - June 2003
Reflections on Stewardship - December 2002
Boxes full of little envelopes - December 2002
How to pay for the roof - October 2002
What's the vicar's job worth? - April 2002
A series of 6 articles:
6: Give off the top or the bottom? - December 2001
5: Why I tithe (Rev'd Tom O'Dell) - November 2001
4: What's the point of money? - October 2001
3: Test me in blessing you - September 2001
2: Rich fool or wise manager? - August 2001
1: "All things come from you" - July 2001
Question on Missionary Giving - December 2000
Money and missionaries - October 2000
Gift Aid Donations - September 2000
The Church Commissioners in 1999 - June 2000
Race & Other Faiths:
So we went to war after all - May 2003
Seeking peace but not pacifist - April 2003
Why get us to study Islam? - March 2003
Don't play cricket in Zimbabwe - February 2003
Understanding your Muslim neighbour - January 2003
"Busing" - the USA experience - November 2002
Should America attack Iraq? - November 2002
A Hindu holy site on the Aire - September 2002
Making PEACE in Bradford - September 2001
Race, Faith, Culture ... and Riots - August 2001
World faith or Western faith? - May 2001
Our racism in our society - March 2001
Multifaith worship, dialogue and cooperation? - September 2000
Schools:
"Busing" - the USA experience - November 2002
A faith school for secular folk - October 2002
Get involved in Church Schools - August 2002
Faith schools and creationism? - June 2002
The Church's place in School - February 2002
Pattern & Style of Services:
A brainstorm for small services - November 2002
Evening Service - September 2002
Keeping the regular joint services - June 2002
New-style "3+1" Sunday Club - June 2002
Regular Joint Services - July 2001
11.15am Services - make a good thing better - October 2000
Vision and direction:
What we are about this year - January 2002
Not the Queen's Speech (a manifesto) - March 2001
What kind of Christian? - March 2001
For weddings and a funeral? - February 2001
Catching a vision - November 2000
Worship ("liturgy") and prayer:
How many cups did you say? (Communion according to Luke) - August 2003
Feel the words, hear the Word
What to pray over bread and wine (Eucharistic Prayers in CW) - November 2001
We do not presume no more? (Humble Access in CW) - October 2001
From Holy Spirit or Virgin Mary? (Creed in CW) - September 2001
Prepare for new service books (intro to CW) - August 2001
Question: What is The Communion of Saints? (Creed in CW) - May 2001
Our Father (The Lord's Prayer) - April 2001
"Common Worship" services - September 2000
Other topics:
Sorted (Youth project) - November 2003,
Christians Against Poverty - November 2003,
The Good News in the News and links to media coverage - October 2003
Should aid to Iraq have strings attached? - October 2003
Bradford Diocese's new Logo - August 2003
Reaching those who don't come - June 2003
Holywell Village - a new future? - April 2003
The balance of a working life - April 2003
An Anglican-Methodist Covenant - February 2003
We've paid for the roof ... let's buy some bibles - February 2003
Sharon Peters visits us from Lexington - February 2003
An encounter with depression - January 2003
Deanery with attitude and clout - October 2002
Rot in the south porch roof - August 2002
Reflections on Ravenscliffe - August 2002
Return of the Basement - May 2002
Church on the web... - January 2002
A Christmas Quiz - December 2000
Christmas Quiz Answers - January 2001
"It's a small world" - snippets, July to November 2000
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