‘Disposition’ describes a mindset that meshes with the concept of belief and faith. Positively, it is willingness or openness to accept new inputs. I knew I was disposed to change for good. I was open and ready. But I also knew I couldn’t manage it on my own … [To read more, click on title]
Category Archives: Reflections
What’s Outside Your Gate?
Admit it: society thinks of the well-to-do as ‘somebody’, treating them with respect and honour, while we treat the destitute with scorn and judgment. We think of them as a ‘nobody’.
In Jesus’s story of a rich man and a poor man notice how he reverses that. The rich man is not named; other than his riches he’s nobody in particular. But the poor man is somebody. He has a name: Lazarus … [To read more, click on the title]
Deploying Wealth
Every commentator I have looked at in order to get some guidance in interpreting this text starts by saying how difficult it is; one reflection that I read calls it ‘baffling’ and says that people have struggled to make sense of it for centuries. That gave me great confidence! … [To read more, click on title]
Reflections on F D Maurice
Frederick Denison Maurice walks us through a critical period of nineteenth century theological debate: where is God present and to be found?