:: Alastair :: Cutting :: https://acutting.org still let me guard the holy fire, and still stir up the gift in me Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:01:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 196144174 Just a glass of water, please… https://acutting.org/just-a-glass-of-water-please https://acutting.org/just-a-glass-of-water-please#respond Thu, 06 Mar 2025 09:31:19 +0000 https://acutting.org/?p=31609 Several years ago, a young friend announced that for their Lenten Discipline that year, they were going to drink just water, and eschew fruit juice and squash, tea and coffee (they were a bit young to have even got to the whole alcohol thing…). “I can do that too!” I chimed in with him. I …

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The post Just a glass of water, please… first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/just-a-glass-of-water-please/feed 0 31609 Long to reign over us, God save the Queen https://acutting.org/long-to-reign-over-us-god-save-the-queen https://acutting.org/long-to-reign-over-us-god-save-the-queen#respond Mon, 19 Sep 2022 14:28:27 +0000 https://acutting.org/?p=31558 The Queen’s long reign is like a tune, like a melody line running throughout our lives. She has been a constant. Her visage instantly recognisable, her voice and mannerisms easily identifiable. Of the melodies we know, apparently globally the tune we are all most familiar with, and share in signing together most, is – Happy Birthday. …

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The post Long to reign over us, God save the Queen first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/long-to-reign-over-us-god-save-the-queen/feed 0 31558 BBC News interview on Sabina Nessa, 24 September 2021 https://acutting.org/bbc-news-interview-on-sabina-nessa-24-september-2021 https://acutting.org/bbc-news-interview-on-sabina-nessa-24-september-2021#respond Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:57:16 +0000 https://acutting.org/?p=31542 Following the discovery of Sabina Nessa ‘s body near the OneSpace community centre in Kidbrooke, the Diocese of Southwark was asked for a comment. This video of the live interview with Alastair Cutting, Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich, was broadcast by BBC News on 24 September 2021. As well as focussing on the shocking murder …

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The post BBC News interview on Sabina Nessa, 24 September 2021 first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/bbc-news-interview-on-sabina-nessa-24-september-2021/feed 0 31542 Pilgrimage Prayer https://acutting.org/pilgrimage-prayer https://acutting.org/pilgrimage-prayer#respond Mon, 02 Aug 2021 20:52:40 +0000 https://acutting.org/?p=16634 Pilgrimage Prayer: a prayer of support for those joining the Young Christian Climate Network (YCCN) Pilgrimage Relay to COP26: Creator God, we treasure...

The post Pilgrimage Prayer first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/pilgrimage-prayer/feed 0 16634 Friends of the Church in India Day 2019 https://acutting.org/fci-day-2019 https://acutting.org/fci-day-2019#respond Sat, 05 Oct 2019 21:54:00 +0000 http://www.acutting.org/?p=16520 On Third Culture Kids - in many different directions/contexts; on missionaries children; on Jesus and our culture.

The post Friends of the Church in India Day 2019 first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/fci-day-2019/feed 0 16520 Armistice Centenary – and an Eltham soldier https://acutting.org/armistice-centenary-and-an-eltham-soldier https://acutting.org/armistice-centenary-and-an-eltham-soldier#respond Sun, 11 Nov 2018 23:56:36 +0000 http://www.acutting.org/?p=16451 (From a sermon preached on the Centenary of the World War 1 Armistice)  Around the church are a number of pictures of a young First World War soldier. Let’s hear a bit of his story. He was the son of a missionary teacher family who were living and working in India, as he approached secondary …

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The post Armistice Centenary – and an Eltham soldier first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/armistice-centenary-and-an-eltham-soldier/feed 0 16451 Bright field of dreams https://acutting.org/bright-field-of-dreams https://acutting.org/bright-field-of-dreams#respond Thu, 02 Jun 2016 18:39:14 +0000 http://www.acutting.co.uk/?p=16068 I was introduced to The Bright Field by a friend, Robin, whilst we were on a course a few years back. Curiously, it is Hillsborough that has brought the poem very much back to mind. Let’s have a reminder of the poem first, and fabulously, there is an audio/file of RS Thomas reading it himself …

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The post Bright field of dreams first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/bright-field-of-dreams/feed 0 16068 Letter to the Church Times https://acutting.org/church-times https://acutting.org/church-times#respond Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:06:34 +0000 http://www.acutting.co.uk/?p=16052 The Diocese of Southwark, and how Evangelicals see it The Church Times recently (20 Mar 2015) printed a letter from a couple of colleagues and me. From the Archdeacon of Lewisham & Greenwich, the Archdeacon of Lambeth, and Canon Stephen Hance Sir, There is a tale of two dioceses. As Evangelical clergy serving on the Bishop …

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The post Letter to the Church Times first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/church-times/feed 0 16052 Holy Isle https://acutting.org/holy-isle https://acutting.org/holy-isle#comments Tue, 27 May 2014 18:38:20 +0000 http://www.acutting.co.uk/?p=16017 A few years ago, with members of two local parishes, I joined a pilgrimage to Holy Island, Lindisfarne. It is a significant place of pilgrimage still, as it has been for nearly a millennium and a half, when St Aidan came from that other famous holy island Iona, to found the new monastery in AD634. …

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The post Holy Isle first appeared on :: Alastair :: Cutting ::.]]> https://acutting.org/holy-isle/feed 2 16017 The Annunciation https://acutting.org/annunciation https://acutting.org/annunciation#respond Mon, 25 Mar 2013 18:06:26 +0000 http://www.acutting.co.uk/?p=13418 It’s 275 days to Christmas – or thanks to Irenaus who’s quick ‘nine months counting back from Christmas’ calculation called the 25 March The Feast of the Annunciation. The fact that it regularly chimes with Passiontide does not go unnoticed, creating interesting theological resonances at this time of year. However, it does mean that at times, …

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