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Issue 8009
This week’s Inquirer is out!
It’s all about Reopening – not just our buildings, but our spirits too.
Bob Janis-Dillon offers ideas for congregations to reach out to our communities.
John Harley looks at the ways ‘church’ has been redefined in the past year. Danny Crosby opens the circle wide.
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Issue 8009
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Issue 8008
The Easter Inquirer is out!
It’s fronted by Kensington Unitarian Heidi Ferid’s gorgeous painting ‘Spring Pilgrimage’.
Inside, Claire MacDonald writes, ‘At Easter we simply do what we have always done. We gently lift the brokenness and set it down as story’.
Peter Godfrey calls on Unitarians to fight anti-Semitism.
Hildegarde of Bingen – a most modern 12th-century mystic. Jim Corrigall covers Sheena Gabriel’s FUSE talk.
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Issue 8008
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Issue 8007
This week’s Inquirer is out!
Jenny Miller won a World Congress of Faith essay competition. We’ve got an extract of her winning work on Interfaith worship.
Frank Walker writes of the UK’s ‘second favourite religion’ the NHS.
There’s a preview of this year’s online General Assembly.
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Issue 8007
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Issue 8006
This week’s Inquirer is out!
Stephanie Bisby reports on Bob Janis-Dillon’s talk on a Unitarian approach to Lent.
Paul Lindsay Dawson calls on Unitarians to face up to slavers’ past.
Tony Cann asserts that education is the key to progress.
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Issue 8006
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Issue 8005
In this issue:-
Bert Clough charts his journey from atheism to Unitarianism as told in his new book.
The Unitarian General Assembly Executive Committee election is on and we’ve got interviews with the candidates.
Derek McAuley offers ways that Unitarians can help fight for religious freedom across the world.
Issue 8005
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Issue 8004
In this issue:-
Frank Walker writes of the UK’s most popular religion: football.
Alan Ruston takes a philosophical approach to the life of cats. And,
Bob Janis-Dillon introduces his new role creating connections among congregations.
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Issue 8004
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Issue 8003
In this issue:-
Winnie Gordon finds hope in the 2020 fights against systemic racism – including within the Unitarian denomination.
Holocaust diarist Etty Hillesum used hope and faith to fight evil. Duncan Voice tells her story.
And, Art Lester pays tribute to former General Assembly Chief Executive Steve Dick.
Issue 8003
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Issue 8002
In this issue:-
Ali Scott writes on finding our souls.
Roger Booth looks at commonalities between Christianity and Islam, suggesting that Unitarians can form a bridge between them.
And, a Funny Old World takes on silly walks.
Issue 8002
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Issue 8001
The 2020 Christmas issue is here!
In this issue:-
Cliff Reed finds reasons for hope.
Celia Cartwright asks “What if Mary & Jesus lived now?”
and there is news about Send A Child To Hucklow.
Issue 8001
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Issue 8000
The Inquirer celebrates our 8000th issue by committing to colour covers on every issue!
Bill Darlison writes of the complex legacy of the Bible.
Unitarians debate the Maggi Hambling statue honouring Mary Wollstonecraft at Newington Green.
Ernest Baker writes of this year’s very unusual Advent.
Issue 8000
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Issue 7999
In this issue:-
How do we find our way through the lockdown fog? Stephanie Bisby has some thoughts.
Dismantling white supremacy is a faithful act says Shana Begum.
And, Mark Hutchinson dreams of a diverse Unitarian offering online and in the pews.
Issue 7999
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Issue 7998
In this issue:-
Joan Cook asks how do we ‘Love in the time of Covid’. Mansfield Unitarians share their successful virtual Heritage Open Days. And, Danny Crosby exhorts us to follow the examples of Floella and Fred.
Issue 7998
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Issue 7997
In this issue:-
Louise Baumberg on truth and refugees.
Looking back at Will Hayes.
It’s A Funny Old World!
Issue 7997
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Issue 7996
In this issue:-
Gospel Of St Mark.
Elizabeth Slade on the future.
Danny Crosby on grief.
And, we’ve got your letters.
Issue 7996
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Issue 7995
In this issue:-
Interview with Chief Officer Elizabeth Slade.
Funny Old World.
And, Florence Nightingale, Mystic .
Issue 7995
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Issue 7994
In this issue:-
Faith is like a mortgage.
Danny Crosby finds hope in grief.
Race and healing.
And, we’ve got your letters.
Issue 7994
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Issue 7993
In this issue:-
John Harley on our relationship with darkness.
Dear NHS.
A helping on Unitarian ice cream.
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7993
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Issue 7992
In this issue:-
Rising Green: Let go
Crossing the threshold
Letters to the Editor
Issue 7992
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Issue 7991
Art Lester considers one of life’s immortal questions, ‘Why did the chicken cross the road?’
Jim Corrigall reports on ‘Let’s Talk About Race,’ the successful Zoom event created by the Revs Kate Dean and Winnie Gordon.
There are tips on creating online worship and on adjusting to post-lockdown life.
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7991
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Issue 7990
Bill Darlison and Stephanie Bisby cover ‘Ministry in a Time of Pandemic’.
Cross Street Chapel, Manchester takes a stand for Black Lives Matter. Adam O’Leary-Amponsah tells how the committee pledged to act.
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7990
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Issue 7989
Sarah Tinker writes of souls lost and found.
Daniel Costley reflects on the killing of George Floyd and the protests that followed.
And Winnie Gordon offers a guide to blooming in Zoom – how to do an online Flower Communion.
Issue 7989
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Issue 7988
In this issue:-
Race and privilege
Low-tech workship
A Prayer for lockdown
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7988
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Issue 7987
As Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, Daniel Costley writes that perhaps Ramadan has something to offer Unitarians.
Elizabeth Slade, reflecting on her first year as Chief Officer of the Unitarian General Assembly, says she has felt all the way through that she is in the right place.
It’s a Dickens of a Funny Old World.
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7987
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Issue 7986
Jim Corrigall reports on the keynote address from Being Together, the online Unitarian gathering.
John Harley encourages us to welcome all the feelings that come with quarantine.
Cap’n Dan puts in an appearance.
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7986
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Issue 7985
In this issue:-
Virtually Funny Old World
Speaking of souls
Lindsey Press release 2 titles
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7985
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Issue 7984
In this issue:-
Coping with the Coronavirus
NUF creates connection
Faith in black and white
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7984
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Issue 7983
In this issue:-
Rising green – Radical happiness
Receiving is a kind of giving
Doris says “Pipe down!”
And, we’ve got letters.
Issue 7983
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