Maggi Dawn

Maggi Dawn is an Anglican priest, a college chaplain and an academic fellow at the University of Cambridge.

Articles by Maggi Dawn

Faith Matters

Second thoughts

Truth and misconception
Mar 11, 2008 by Maggi Dawn
Recently my son and I read one of Roald Dahl’s fantastic stories for children—The BFG. Everyone knows, don’t they, that giants are terrible, bloodthirsty creatures? So when little Sophie is kidnapped by a giant in the middle of the night and carried far away to a land where giants live, naturally she is terrified. “He is getting ready to eat me, she tells herself.
Living by the Word

Prayer acts

Luke 18:1-8

Oct 02, 2007 by Maggi Dawn

This year in Great Britain we marked the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the slave trade. The media have been full of documentaries and reflections, books have been published, plays performed and the movie Amazing Grace released.

Living by the Word

The untouchables

Luke 17:11-19

Oct 02, 2007 by Maggi Dawn

Some years ago I worked in central London with an organization that reached out to people living on the streets. For most, all we could offer was food, clean clothes and a listening ear, but every now and then we met someone who wanted to find a new life. We ran a halfway house with a simple rule of life where a few people at a time could relearn how to live indoors.

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Seminary 2050

Connected to God, connecting others to God
Feb 21, 2006 by Maggi Dawn
What we want theological education to look like depends on what sort of church we want, and on what we think ministers are for. Do we want highly trained leaders who know how to lead, recruit and motivate? Or do we want pastors and priests who know God, and know how to connect other people to God?