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Who do I say that I am?

Did you notice that Jesus turned his theological question into a personal query? “Who do you say that I am?”
… Perhaps it is easier to turn the question around and ask ourselves “Who do I say that I am?” … [To read more, click on title]

For once, a good news story

I saw this gentleman, Tim, in Boston’s Logan Airport with the sister he’d been visiting. It appeared he was both deaf and blind, as I observed her signing into his hand for him to feel her words. When he came aboard the plane he had been assigned the middle seat of my row … [To read more, click on title]

God’s Call to Love

The lived experience of God’s love is an experience of grace, overwhelming beauty, and unbelievable mercy … To live in that love means to live in grace, to be gracious and merciful to others. It means extending to others forgiveness and approval and acceptance … [To read more, click on title]

A Table of Plenty

‘Compassion fatigue’ is an expression that has come into vogue in recent decades. It must be associated with the development of media and communications which enable us to see tragedies in the world in real time. We can sit and watch the news … the sea of refugees trying to find a safe home, the horrors of war, the hopelessness of families in weather-beaten places. Coupled with this, we are beset with appeals through the post, on the phone and by direct advertising from a plethora of charities, all of which are eminently worthy of support … [To read more, click on title]