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Webteam: 23/10/2019

In September, Halls Livestock Auction Centre in Oswestry hosted a mental health conference and workshop which was followed by a charity auction, the highest bid being for a 3 month-old Holstein heifer which realised £1000. There was an extensive program including speakers who had personal...

Archbishop attends the "Butty Van" to meet local farmers

Nick Read: 15/10/2019

Archbishop Justin Welby, who is visiting Hereford Diocese, was invited to attend the "Butty Van", a joint Borderlands and parish initiative in south Shropshire. The Butty Van is normally a monthly farmers' breakfast in which the food is prepared by parish volunteers and the Chaplaincy...

A Christian response to Brexit

Nick Read: 11/10/2019

As I post this article the Brexit debate rumbles on! The lunchtime news indicates that the UK government has held constructive talks with the Irish and there is a glimmer of hope for a deal. Whatever the outcome of the talks the impact on our communities, industries and on the relationship between...

Rural Officers Planning Seminar

Nick Read: 24/09/2019

Representatives of Borderlands Rural Chaplaincy met with colleagues from Lichfield and Worcester Dioceses to discuss rural ministry and explore collaborative approaches. Many Church of England Dioceses have staff who specialise in rural issues, variously called Rural Officers, Rural Mission...

Launch of Eco Diocese

Nick Read: 23/09/2019

Borderlands Rural Chaplaincy has been supporting Hereford Diocese's bid to become an Eco Diocese. The launch was held in St James Church in Hereford on 21st September. Speakers included the Bishop of Hereford and Helen Stephens (pictured) from the organisation A Rocha, a Christian environmental...

NFU Farming Charities Summit

Nick Read: 18/09/2019

On 5th September Borderlands participated in a national summit, hosted by the NFU, looking at the implications for farming families in a post-Brexit world. NFU national advisers provided input on a range of topics covering trade, labour, policy and regulation. There was, of course, no certainty...

Micah IV: Endurance

Nick Read: 08/04/2019

Legal proceedings against IsraelThe third cycle of oracles (Micah 6:1 — 7:20) contains sections on judgement (Mic 6:1-7:7) and redemption (Mic 7:8-20). Yaweh brings a lawsuit against Israel, using accusation (Mic 6:3-5), satire (Mic 6:6-7) and declaration (Mic 6:8). There are three...

Micah III: Corrupt leaders

Nick Read: 28/03/2019

Judgement on the leadersThe second cycle of oracles (Micah 3:1 — 5:15) focuses on corruption within the leaders and prophets. A section on judgement (Mic 3:1-12) is followed by a section dealing with redemption (Mic 4:1 — 5:15). The judgement section can be divided into three parts:Mic 3:1-4 ...

Micah II: Judgement

Nick Read: 28/03/2019

The role of a prophetA prophet is one who declares the words of the Lord to others "But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, to Israel his son." (Mic 3:8). God spoke in various ways, with...

Micah I: Introduction

Nick Read: 28/03/2019

Micah is one of the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament, labelled because of the length of the books. Five books (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Lamentations, Daniel and Ezekial) constitute the Major Prophets, whilst Hosea, Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habbakuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi...

Reflection on Candlemas

Nick Read: 31/01/2018

February 2nd is celebrated as Candlemas, which is both the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The background lies in the Old Testament book of Leviticus where the Israelites were instructed that seven days after his birth a son should...

What's of value?

Nick Read: 12/01/2018

As Vice Chair of the Herefordshire Local Nature Partnership (LNP) I've been involved in helping to set up the Marches Nature Partnership, which brings together both Herefordshire and the Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin LNPs. The idea is that this umbrella group will be in a better position to...

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