Home and its Absence

Home and its Absence

If you count a ‘home’ as somewhere you lived for at least six months, then for some people here today counting how many homes you’ve…

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Not Just Bystanders

Not Just Bystanders

I know it’s wrong to blame people. I’ve been on courses that told us – we must take responsibility for our own lives. But I…

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Digital Spirituality

Digital Spirituality

Our overarching theme this month here with Kensington Unitarians is connections. And digital connections are now such a significant part of many people’s lives that…

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Sinners and Saints

Sinners and Saints

We’re following monthly themes in our worship and other activities here at Essex Church and this month we’re working with the juiciest of topics –…

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Language of Spirit

Language of Spirit

I don’t know how many of you will have shared my childhood love of I Spy books. For those of you who have never heard…

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Elargissez Dieu

Elargissez Dieu

I don’t know how many of us have visited the chapel of our Unitarian congregation in Oxford. It’s an impressively grand late Victorian building with…

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Nothing Lasts?

Nothing Lasts?

My hope is that coming to church is going to be useful for each of us in the living of our daily lives. This story…

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Truth Seekers

Truth Seekers

I don’t know about you, but every time I hear a report of a racist incident, of a hate crime here in Britain, committed by…

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Reverence for Beauty

Reverence for Beauty

When I first came down to work in London ten years ago, I joined a posh Notting Hill gym. The young Australian man who interviewed…

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Freedom in Faith

Freedom in Faith

We held one of our monthly Heart and Soul evenings last Thursday here at Essex Church. We describe them as alternative spiritual gatherings and it’s…

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