Brian Mountford
The Living and the Dead
About a relational, inter-connected, network of relationship both between people and matter itself.
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Brian Mountford
Feb 274 min read
Faith, belief, trust, troth
Faith as six impossible things before breakfast, or a way of seeing divine potential The reading was from Romans 4.13-end where St Paul...
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Brian Mountford
Mar 19, 20234 min read
Pronouns & Parenthood
I have this week been in email correspondence with some Oxford college chaplains and what I notice is that most seem to think it...
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Brian Mountford
Feb 6, 20236 min read
Jazz Theology
A few years back, the well-known baritone, Roddy Williams, composed a jazz evensong inspired by the sacred music of Duke Ellington. It...
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Brian Mountford
Dec 6, 20222 min read
Christian Alternative
Only 46% of people in England and Wales consider themselves Christian, while 37% say they have no religion at all. It’s time for...
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Brian Mountford
Jan 28, 20203 min read
Do you ever pray, Dad?
I’m taken aback when Charlotte asks over Sunday lunch, ‘Do you ever pray, Dad?’ I’m very uncomfortable when faced with what I regard as an
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Brian Mountford
Jan 8, 202022 min read
Religion and its Future
My experience of religion We don’t choose our parents or the time or the culture we’re born into. You might be born into a wealthy family...
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Brian Mountford
Mar 27, 20173 min read
Death, Heaven and Motor Neurone Disease
This extract from a recent funeral address struck a chord with an unusally large number of people, so I share it here. I think I know...
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Brian Mountford
Dec 15, 201618 min read
Meaning of Music
Just found this chapter from an old book of mine which sold but a few copies and was surprised by how good it was! I've edited it a bit....
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Brian Mountford
Jul 20, 20161 min read
Builder's Labourer
I apologise to those who have been looking here for my latest blog. I have been completely absorbed with my own personal housing crisis,...
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Brian Mountford
Jun 5, 20162 min read
An Agnostic's Funeral
But he wasn’t really a believer. This is a frequent response when I say to a family planning a funeral or memorial service that they must...
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Brian Mountford
May 24, 20162 min read
Ethical reading
Bubbly and irrepressibly Jewish, Hindy Najman, the Oriel and Laing Professor of the Interpretation of Holy Scripture, urges me to attend...
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Brian Mountford
Feb 26, 20169 min read
Self-identity: A talk given by Brian Mountford
Introduction – two versions of me 1. Self in the mirror: your image, how you see yourself, the clothes you choose etc. Why is to be the...
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Feb 25, 20161 min read
The Conflicting Self
The more I read Amia Srinivasan’s sermon from last Sunday, the more brilliant I think it is. She talks about the ambiguity of experience:...
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