Great start Clare, thanks for this.
sonia
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Welcome to Sanctuary!
Sanctuary are a group of Christians seeking to build community through sharing our faith journeys. We meet regularly to explore worship, for discussion, study and prayer. We seek to create space for God, believing it is His intention to bring all of life to redemption.
We are based in Bath, UK, and are affiliated to the Anglican church of St Matthews, Widcombe, where some of our meetings are hosted (see events page for details).
Responses
By: sonia on July 18, 2007
at 7:56 am
Just been reading about the Sanctuary. I would be interested to know why God is god without a capital G? Is it a typing error or is it deliberate? To me, the word god can represent pretty much anything. for example, money can become a god if worshipped.
By: Beauty on October 10, 2007
at 8:42 pm
if you’re me, you never use caps…
there are no capital letters in the bible either, except in the translations from the original, because there simply were no capital letters in the language. i find it clear from each sentence how the word god is used… i note no lack of respect for god on these pages, just a desire to struggle with and engage with the meaning of life and god’s purposes etc.
you are right… all things can become god’s to people, it is easy to make things into idols… it is also possible for our own very small visions of who god is to be come idols too… idea’s of god which by very nature reduce him to a size and shape our brains can cope with. we all do it.
By: jonbirch on October 10, 2007
at 10:06 pm
i must say that i have always used capital letters in the past. i guess we are all different and have to respect another person’s views. but to me the most important person and the only one i am trying to impress is God.
By: Beauty on October 11, 2007
at 6:41 pm
i have no particular view… your spelling’s your own business. i too, feel no need to impress anyone.
By: jonbirch on October 11, 2007
at 7:36 pm
Hi Beauty,
I’m interested in what you say about trying to impress God, I’ve never thought about it like that, I guess I want to experience God, to find God, to find God’s way for my life. But I don’t think I could manage to impress God, as he can see - so the cat would be out of the bag
I mean, how could you give God a surprise?
how did you come across the Sanctaury blog? and are you into any other blogs?
all the best
By: subo on October 11, 2007
at 10:10 pm
……I don’t really mean impress in the way you mean. What I mean is I would like to please God.
I’m not really into blogs. I find they take up a lot of valuable time so I don’t really know why I am even doing this!
By: Beauty on October 12, 2007
at 4:34 pm
and all the best to you too!
By: Beauty on October 12, 2007
at 4:36 pm
hi again beauty…
our little community set this blog up so we could discuss stuff. it’s only just getting going really. we thought we’d make it an open blog in the way that we would hope our community was open.
you are very welcome to join in. 
By: jonbirch on October 12, 2007
at 5:18 pm
What does your community represent? Are you born again Christians? Or are you a different faith?
By: Beauty on October 12, 2007
at 6:41 pm
Sorry, realised you are Christians. AM being dense.
By: Beauty on October 12, 2007
at 6:45 pm
By: jonbirch on October 12, 2007
at 7:34 pm
sorry Beauty, I owe you an apology, I can be so pedantic, going on about ‘can impressing God or not.’
A preacher I know is trying to convince me that God values us above anything we can imagine, which is just to tricky for me to take on board at the moment. But I can see his point, and how it all fits together, with us as Kings and Queens, Priest and Priestesses in His Kingdom.
By: subo on October 14, 2007
at 3:09 pm
