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Tag: Cliff Reed
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Celebrating Wisdom, May Day and Beltane
CELEBRATING WISDOM, MAY DAY AND BELTANE Rev. Cliff Reed Ipswich Unitarian Meeting, 2nd May 2021 Text: The Song of Songs, chapter 2, verses 10 to 13. Those lines from the ancient Hebrew love poem that is the Song of Songs contain one of the most beautiful and memorable evocations of spring ever written. They are
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‘The Last Shall Be First: The Women and the Resurrection’ by Rvd. Cliff Reed
One of the most notable aspects of the Easter accounts in the four canonical gospels is the presence of women at the crucial moments. And one woman in particular is named as being present at virtually all of them, namely Mary of Magdala or Mary Magdalen. Matthew places her at the Crucifixion as do Mark
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‘Famous Last Words’ by Rvd. Cliff Reed
The last words of Jesus on the cross will be much read and much reflected upon today, but what were they? In fact the gospel accounts differ on this, and the most agonising and the most challenging version of those last words appears in only two of the gospels, Mark and Matthew. It has been
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‘Interesting Times’ by Rvd. Cliff Reed
In the prayer we just had, Dwight Brown quotes the “ancient Chinese curse, ‘May you live in interesting times.’” Well, I suppose you could say that we live in “interesting times.” When we say that times are or were “interesting”, we generally mean that they are “interesting” to look back on from a safe distance.
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AUDIO RECORDING LINK: August 23rd 2020 led by Rvd. Cliff Reed
An audio recording of the August 23rd 2020 sermon.
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‘What Did the First Christians Ever Do For Us?’ by Rvd. Cliff Reed
On Early Christianity and its adherents.
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