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Karen's Reflections
Spiritual and Theological Reflections by Karen


Reflection on Joy
Today I am reflecting on joy. I will be drawing from various authors including the incredible meeting of Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama...
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Sep 24 min read


Beauty and Art
‘Art is the grandchild of God’ Dante’s Inferno Today I am going to reflect on ‘beauty and art’ and the relationship between this, our...
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Aug 164 min read


Creation Update 2025
Today I am reflecting on the marvels of creation. The creation of the universe by a divine power – or God – a power larger than we can...
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Aug 165 min read


Creation 2023
God’s Creation – wow, what a topic to talk about! Where to begin… Let’s start by by watching a video looking at the scale and vastness of...
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Aug 1610 min read


Tribute to Queen Elizabeth II 2022
My tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Roborough Methodist Church 18 September 2022 The clouds gathered The storms rolled in Yet...
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Aug 164 min read


First Year LLM Training 2022
Hello! Wow it has been ages since I posted so here is an update. Last Sept I started my Anglican Lay Minister training and I have been...
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Aug 162 min read


Suffering 2019
As many of my friends are aware, we as a family have had a bit of a strange time of late. What with Sophie’s broken leg and then...
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Aug 163 min read


Identity Sermon 2019
This is the sermon I did on September 15th. It focuses on idolatry, identity and how that relates to Christianity. IDOLATRY -...
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Aug 167 min read


Course Reflections by Karen and Ruth 2019
Ruth and myself are currently undertaking the 'Foundations in Christian Ministry' course by the Diocese of Exeter. This is a foundation...
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Aug 164 min read


Broken Legs and Life on other Planets 2019
Strange Week - Well my anticipated daily journal has been anything but. 5 days later and we are at Friday. Every day I have been...
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Aug 162 min read


Sermon Trinity Sunday 2019
I did my first every Sermon on 16 June 2019. Scary or what! But have to say I loved it - I loved writing it - I loved delivering it in...
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Aug 166 min read


Foundation in Ministry Course 2019
Sunday 8 September 2019 - Reflection of Day One of Foundations in Christian Ministry Course at Marjons - Day one completed. My thoughts...
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Aug 163 min read


Update 2019
All sorts of thoughts tend to be going around in my head, but writing seems to untangle everything and it takes on a more logical form......
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Aug 162 min read


Holy Week Adventure 2019
I hope everyone has had a Blessed Holy Week. This week has made such an impression on me and I feel I have grown as a Christian. Up to...
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Aug 163 min read


Calling 2029
During the last few months I have realised that I would like to have a role in the Church. I am not sure what that will be – although I...
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Aug 163 min read


Becoming a Christian
So the exploration began. As a complete Christian and Bible novice I decided that reading the Bible was the best way forward. I started...
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Aug 162 min read


Made by God 2019
Very chuffed to have a brief piece I wrote published in the local Methodist magazine. My writing was from an Apologetics angle and it was...
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Aug 162 min read


In the Beginning 2019
Welcome to my blog! Will keep this brief as probably only important to me… Have been Agnostic all my life and believed everything had to...
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Aug 162 min read
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