Re-Reading the Parable of the Talents During the US Election Cycle
For the season that’s in it, imagine for a moment a different reading strategy for the parable of the talents…
Tag: social justice
Reading Isaiah After the Immolation of the Celtic Tiger I
Last night I heard of the deal done to bail out Ireland. No wonder EU officials were delighted with the…
Stringfellow on Friday – the gospel and the outcast
As I have grown older I have become less and less tolerant of the evangelical debates about the atonement, gender…
Another Generation of Evangelicals and the Old Guard
A friend tweeted a link to this article about a new kind of evangelicalism the other day which I found…
Ched Myers on the Resurrected Jesus
The resurrected Jesus appears first as a Stranger – indeed as one needing hospitality. Let this be a Christological lesson…
Worship, the Poor and Life or Death Decisions in Mark's Gospel
In Mark’s Gospel, the greatest commandment, Jesus says, is to love God with everything and your neighbour as yourself (12:29-30).…
Heed the Prophets
When in doubt as to the proper ends of political and social reform, heed the prophets. The poor must be…
Three Key Texts for Social Activism
I was asked this week to speak to a group of students in the Presbyterian Chaplaincy at Queen’s on EBM‘s…
A Sermon Text for Homelessness Sunday (part 2)
Below is part 2 of a text I used on Sunday 1 February in Trinity Presbyterian in Bangor as part…
A Sermon Text for Homelessness Sunday (part 1)
Below is part 1 of a text I used on Sunday 1 February in Trinity Presbyterian in Bangor as part…