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…
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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…
Morning Coffee & Prayer: Time of Your Life
One early morning back in May, the sun was shining and it was pleasantly warm even at 7.30 in the…
The Raw Materials of Faith: Body
Reflection 2 Jesus—the Second Incarnation There is a second incarnation, the one we’re more familiar with, when God himself steps down…
Moses, Complementarianism in PCI and the Idolatry of Minimum Meaning
There is a curious incident on top of Sinai when Moses was receiving the stone tablets, which contained what we…
Stringfellow on Friday – prayer
OK, before you go on, this post contains the F-word. Seriously. And I wouldn’t want to offend you by not…
Karl Rahner on Prayer
“All positive religious acts which are directly and explicitly related, both knowingly and willingly, to God may be called prayer.”…
Gethsemane and the Dilemma of Prayer 6
Finally a poem. By Mary Oliver Gethsemane The grass never sleeps.Or the…
Gethsemane and the Dilemma of Prayer 5
The time for sitting is over. This next point moves deeper into…
Gethsemane and the Dilemma of Prayer 4
He wrestles, repeatedly, with the same desire to avoid his calling. ‘Take…