Have you ever accused someone of being out of their mind? We are not unaccustomed to making such a statement about people we know today. A friend takes a bungee jump, and you ask, ‘Has he gone out of his mind?’ Another takes a sky diving lesson and jumps out of a perfectly good airplane, and you ask, ‘Has she gone out of her mind?’ A person of modest income decides to purchase a house obviously beyond his means, and you ask, ‘Has he gone out of his mind?’ There are lots of situations in which we might ask that question of someone we know, but we are shocked when someone asks that question of Jesus …!
Category Archives: Reflections
The Mystery of the Trinity
At the end of the day, it is not the doctrine or mystery of the Holy Trinity that is important. What is important is how we experience God in our lives and how we share that with other people so that they can experience God for themselves.
Trinity Sunday is a day to celebrate our experience of God in our everyday lives: God the lover, God the forgiver, God the empowerer.
Pentecost!
The culmination of the Christian season of Easter was originally a Jewish festival, which is why the Jewish followers of Jesus were gathered together in Jerusalem for this religious observance. Still recovering from their grief at the crucifixion, joy at the resurrection, and confusion at Jesus’s brief stay with them prior to the Ascension.
Pentecost!
Waiting Time
The disciples had to wait between Jesus’s ascension and receiving the gift of the Holy Spirit. Sometimes we wait in happy expectation, such as waiting for Christmas; at other times, waiting can be a very precious time, such as when we share the journey with some one dying. I wonder how the disciples felt while they waited.
When my mother was dying of breast cancer, I spent the whole time grieving: I didn’t talk to her about how she was feeling. But my regret for doing that was the spur to me, to later say to children dying from leukaemia …
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