Can you think of the places in your life that need straightening, filling in and levelling? What about the rough places? I certainly can! See, these instructions are still for us … [To read more, click on title]
Category Archives: Reflections
Being Prepared …
I give thanks for walking up the Kauaeranga, and for a tramp from Coroglen to the Pinnacles Hut, where we overnighted, and woke early, to climb to the top of the Pinnacles, where we saw the view from the Aldermens to Raglan. Unforgettable. I give thanks for being able to sail in the Louisiade Archipelago, islands south-west of Papua New Guinea … [To read more, click on title]
You Did it to Me
The kingly royalty Jesus describes in Matthew’s Gospel is of another order entirely. It describes homeless Jesus. Sick Jesus. Imprisoned Jesus. Hungry Jesus. Naked Jesus. It is, in the words of theologian Fleming Rutledge, the “royalty that stoops” … [To read more, click on title]
Three Churches
[The Parable of the Talents] implies God is the master who endows and rewards the clever use of talents, but casts out the fearful and so called worthless one to a fate worse than death. [It] is quite familiar … and often associated with church stewardship campaigns; but now I’m having trouble putting that persona on God. Can this be the God who Jesus called “Abba”, who blesses the meek, the peacemakers, the merciful? [To read more, click on title]
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