Resurrection for the rest of us!
Ian B. This little letter of 1 Thessalonians that we have been reading is probably one of the lesser-known parts of the New Testament. But you might have heard that it has…
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An Embodied Faith
Recently I read a description of God meeting us ‘in our bodies’, asking where else God could meet us. I can’t find the exact quote now, but it stuck with…
It’s about relationship!
A few years ago we were talking about the triangle – Up, In, Out. It represents three relationships that are key to healthy Christian life: UP – our worship of…
Tell Her Story, Nijay Gupta
Gupta's approach in this book is to see and understand, from the biblical text, how women did have leadership roles, especially in the early church, before considering what we might…
The Stone, the Guard, and the Promise
It is hard to assimilate all the details of the four gospels’ accounts of Jesus’ resurrection into one account, but that’s how it is with multiple witnesses to an extraordinary…
Happy Easter!
A series of haiku drawing on John 20, to re-tell what Mary did (and didn’t). What Mary Did (and Didn’t) In the darkest time Mary does not hide at home…
Why this waste? What about the poor?
We’re in Holy Week, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter. It’s a busy time for some of us I expect, with the different routine of school holidays. It was…
Hearing the word of God
This week, instead of my usual podcasts, I listened to the Bible on my headphones while I was out and about. It was something new for me, and I’ll come…
St. Paul on Mothers’ Day
There are some surprising metaphors used by Paul in chapter 2 of 1 Thessalonians, which seem especially appropriate as we approach Mothers’ Day, or Mothering Sunday as it was traditionally…
Speaking Truth
At the start of 1 Thessalonians 2, Paul reminds his readers about his visit to Thessalonica. As I wrote before, Paul’s visit to Thessalonica is described in Acts 17 and…