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A Pale Reflection of John 20.11-16 and 15.14-15
Life is in asking Who am I? Death turns the question to Who was he? Memorials answer for a moment Then silence Silence Where God is? Where God is silenced? Or where the Word calls what is not to be beyond question Friend?
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The silence of eternity, interpreted by love
A sermon preached at the funeral of Barbara Dews, 11 April 2024. Barbara went to church and sang hymns through her long life. So they got woven into her heart and mind. They gave her language which made some sense of her experience, encouraged her, giving direction. And so it is not surprising that near her end, she…
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World’s History, Heaven’s Silence, Theology’s Place
Inaugural Lecture, University of Leeds, 1996 I am a Leeds-grown professor. I have worked with three notable Professors, John Tinsley, David Jenkins and Adrian Hastings, who have taught me much, as have many other colleagues in the Department where I have been able to learn what theology and religious studies are in practice and also…
While it is yet day
Haddon Willmer