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And for the English… (Kirchentag 5)
Here is the English translation of the sermon I preached yesterday at the Closing Service of the Kirchentag in the Stadtpark in Hamburg. SERMON for Closing Service, DEKT 34, Hamburg, 5 May 2013 (Draft...
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Hope in Hamburg (Kirchentag 1)
The Kirchentag has to be experienced to be understood. The sheer enormity of scale is mitigated by an organisation that marries efficiency to intimacy. It is estimated that around 300,000 people will...
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Inclusive conversation (Kirchentag 2)
This is the only relatively free day I have at the Kirchentag in Hamburg. I started work this afternoon with an interview on the 'Red Sofa'. This is a stage in front of the Congresshalle in which...
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The sun shines on… (Kirchentag 3)
…, well probably not on the righteous, but definitely on the big sinners in Hamburg. Yesterday was too full to write anything in the evening. I did a two hour session on a stage with politicians...
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Micah calling (Kirchentag 4)
Oh well, it’s done. I preached this morning to 130,000 people in the sunshine at the Stadtpark in Hamburg. The Closing Service is always impressive – 5,500 scouts, 4,000 in the brass band, bread and...
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The world is going mad
How things have changed. It is a week ago that I headed off to Stuttgart for the Kirchentag – the amazing conference put on across a German city every two years. I have been going for a while and it...
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Sing it
My friend Judy Bailey has sent me the link to a song in which she brings together 21 artists from every continent. I serve with Judy at each Kirchentag in Germany – next time in Berlin next year....
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Predigt in Halle
This is the text of last night’s sermon from the stage on the Marktplatz in Halle, Germany, in the Ascension Day ecumenical service to kick off Kirchentag auf dem Weg. Kirchentag auf dem Weg, Halle,...
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Bibelarbeit in Jena
This is the text of this morning’s Bible Study in Jena as contribution to Kirchentag auf dem Weg. (I don’t have time to translate it, but will try to do a summary later.) Kirchentag auf dem Weg, Jena,...
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“You see me” (Kirchentag)
This year’s Kirchentag ended yesterday as tens of thousands of people got fried under the sun at Martin Luther’s Wittenberg. I am staying on for a further week in Berlin (with my wife and friends who...
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