Christ Church, Epsom Common
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Christ Church on the Wells

Biblical Reflection - resources, courses and much more ..

www.textweek.com/ A great way of finding study material on bible passage.

www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/

www.yorkcourses.co.uk/ Small group study material.

www.utoronto.ca/religion/synopsis/ Gospel parallels, for those who want to compare passages across the gospels, or indeed with Paul's writings.

www.religion-online.org/ Articles on all sorts of interesting religious themes.

Caretakers or Consumers?

In John's Gospel, we read: "God so loved the world..." If we are to take those words seriously, we need to recognise that it's not just human beings that God loves, but all that God has created. In the last couple of months we have written about ecology in our monthly newsletter:

Living off the rest of the world

Living more simply

Perhaps, in the leafy suburbs of Epsom, we can get a bit of a discussion going on this range of important issues. Perhaps this little quotation from Bill Vaughn will get you thinking...

"Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them."

Something philosophical

Glyn Hughes' Squashed Philosophers An easy way in to some of the most significant thinkers of the past.

Various

Joint statement from the Bishop of Guildford and leaders of three of Surrey's Islamic communities. The statement was released shortly after the London bombings.

'We are glad that there are warm and cordial relations between people of different faiths in our region...' (cont'd)