Kester Brewin

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  • Dead Dick

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    This short sermon clip from Dick Lucas, vicar of St Helen’s, Bishopsgate, just has to be listened to to be believed; had me in stitches and disbelief in equal measure. As Ian said, if he’d made this cock-up, he’d have to leave the job! (For those aware of the high standing of this most respected…

  • Neophilia [4] | Unmask the Fantasy Self

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    Links: Neophilia [1] |  Neophilia [2] |  Neophilia [3] Over the last few posts I’ve been proposing that the Emerging Church needs to be aware of the dangers of ‘Neophilia’ – being in love with newness for newness’ sake. Neophilia is a revolutionary mode. It tries to effect quick change, but fails to settle on…

  • Neophilia [3] | Christian Fantasy Cycles and Stages of Faith

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    In the last post I tried to argue, using Booker’s excellent book ‘The Neophiliacs – Revolution in English Life in the Fifties and Sixties‘ that we must avoid sensationalism. That we must avoid the projected image, the sensational, which in the age of screens and billboards is a difficult thing to do. Booker warns that…

  • What Would You Do With £4,500,000,000?

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    That’s the value of the property portfolio of Church of England plc – the Church Commissioners. I’m on an electoral roll… Am I a stakeholder? Can I pursuade the board to do certain things with the cash? I hate to ask, but WWJD? Fine time to pay tribute to Tony Banks MP – a true…

  • Neophilia [2] | Emerging Church and the Cult of Sensation | Keep it Real

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    ‘In this our time, the minds of men are so diverse, that some think it a great matter of conscience to depart from a piece of their old customs; and again, on the other side, some be so new-fangled, that they would innovate all things, and so despise the old, that nothing can like them…

  • Are We Just Neophiliacs? [1]

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    New Year, new blog series on… Newness. Actually, I’ve been meaning to write something for some time around the book ‘The Neophiliacs – Revolution in English Life in the Fifties and Sixties’ that Christopher Booker (the first editor of Private Eye) wrote back in the late 60’s. The Amazon synopsis for ‘The Neophiliacs’ is rather…