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Trailblazer

The ‘who Jesus is to me?’ question arises especially in this encounter we have in today’s passage from Luke. It’s a familiar passage but this time my very first reaction on reading it had me wondering if Jesus had got out of bed on the wrong side that day! … [To read more, click on title]

Legion

He haunts the places of the dead. Every night, the townspeople hear him, shrieking among the tombs. When they’re quick enough, they catch him, wrap his wrists and ankles in chains, and haul his naked body — securely shackled — back to town. But there’s no containing the crazy; he escapes each time. Trailing broken chains behind him, he wanders the wilds, tearing at his skin until it bleeds, trading one kind of pain for another. If he has a name, no one knows it … [To read more, click on title]

Paradigm Shifting

… we can all get caught up in one paradigm or another, one which may or may not have good foundation; and change from one to another is very difficult. Paradigm shift usually takes time, because proponents of the old are very reluctant to let go, to embrace the new … [To read more, click on title]

Language at Pentecost

In the Book of Acts, Paul us gives us a vivid account of God’s launching of the ‘Church’ into the World, describing the coming of the Holy Spirit, a coming together of people from all parts of the known world.
It is a gathering like no other! Full of wild details that challenge the imagination … tongues of fire, rushing winds, and accusations of drunkenness … [To read more, click on title.]