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I am the Vine; a sonnet
Here is a poem intended as a kind of comment or illumination on the beautiful gospel from John 15 which is set for this Sunday, and which I post in advance in case anyone would like to use it in … Continue reading
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I am the Vine; a sonnet
Continuing in my series offering some glimpses from my forthcoming book Parable and Paradox, here is the last in a sequence of seven sonnets on the ‘I M’ sayings in John’s gospel. this one is on one of my favourites … Continue reading
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I Am the Resurrection and the Life
I am returning, after various diversions, to the series of sermons and sonnets on the mysterious I Am sayings in John’s Gospel which I mentioned to you in a previous post. In the midst of so many crises, so much … Continue reading
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Before Abraham Was, I AM
I have begun a series of sermons at Girton College Chapel on the mysterious ‘I AM’ sayings in John’s gospel. I started the series with the strange saying that perhaps provides the key to all the others, in John 8:58: … Continue reading
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I Am the Light of the World
‘Light’ is the theme for this years twenty-first anniversary National Poetry Day, which falls today, so I thought I’d share my sonnet on Jesus’ saying ‘I Am the Light of the World’. This is one of a sequence on the … Continue reading
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I Am the Bread of Life
The reading this Sunday, in the Common Lectionary, shared by so many churches, is from John 6: 24-35, and ends with the nourishing ‘I Am’ saying: ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, … Continue reading
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The Song of the Shepherds by Richard Bauckham
In my Anthology from Canterbury Press Waiting on the Word,The poem I have chosen for December 26th, is The Song of the Shepherds by Richard Bauckham. You can hear me read this poem by clicking on the title or the play button. the … Continue reading
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Malcolm Guite 