Thanks to Sir David Attenborough and others, television has revealed many natural wonders to us over the past seventy years … in the depths of the earth, in the crevices of volcanoes and 60,000 feet deep at the bottom of the oceans, … There are plants – the amazing root systems of trees that communicate with each other, fungi and insects, fish and plankton … Let God fill you with wonder and joy at all that he has created … [To read more, click on title]
Category Archives: Reflections
Engaging with the Lifeline
Jesus is not concerned about numbers but more about revealing his role, which is about proclaiming and serving the kingdom of God and standing firm. Therefore, Jesus asks the twelve disciples directly, “Do you, also, want to go away?” There’s something very vulnerable and poignant … [To read more, click on the title]
The Wisdom of God
God makes the wisdom of the world look foolish. Some obvious examples of that worldly wisdom could be the internet – conceived to empower and enlighten the world but overwhelmed with pornography and scams; antibiotics designed to overcome disease used to such excess that they’re promoting superbugs; painkilling drugs turned into mind-numbing thrills; military-grade weapons made available to not much more than children … [To read more, click on title]
Bread of Heaven
Contemplating Jesus’s self-description as “the bread of life”, or “the bread which comes down from heaven”, is a daunting business … After all, bread is bread, right? What earthly thing could be more basic and simple? What else is there to understand? Nothing. Because understanding is not the issue … [To read more, click on title]
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