Jesus and Responsibility for Lostness, Luke 15:1-10
Lectionary Text for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday, 15 September 2019 Luke 15:1-10 Introduction Very recently I needed…
Category: Gospels
Recognising and Responding to My Privilege, Luke 14:1, 7-14
Introduction Recently I was chatting to an African American woman who was mother to two daughters. We got to discussing…
Annunciations and the Response to Mystery
This is the text of my recent Thought for the Day on Radio Ulster, broadcast on Tuesday 27 August (link…
The Bartimaeus Story in Context
The Lectionary readings for Year B hold us in Mark 10 for three weeks before we finally come to the end…
Spirituality of Conflict: A New Ethic of Wealth and Grace, Mark 10
This is such a familiar story to many that it’s hard to imagine it throwing any new light. But sometimes…
Encounters with Difference #PopeinIreland
On a cabin porch high in the mountains I watched a hummingbird. I heard it before I saw it, the…
On the Genealogical Lists in the Bible and the Dangers of Strong Belonging
I’ve been thinking in recent weeks over what it means to belong. How we belong? Why we need to belong?…
Faith in the Public Square – Invitation or Threat?
In the public square, demeanour matters. Consider this text from Mark’s Gospel. Mark 6:53 When they had crossed over,…
Peace in a Locked-in Place, Reflections on John 20:19-20
The regular cycle of bible readings known as the Lectionary keeps us in familiar territory as the Easter season unfolds.…
Releasing a Man from Violence 6: The Story of Legion Mark 5:1-18
I wonder if our struggle to make sense of this strange story, beyond the simplistic “Jesus heals us” bit, is…