Take Two: Jesus and the woman caught in adultery (John 8)
The Bible is a record of real humanity, not an idealised projection of what someone would like it to be. Sometimes we see adequate responses; at other times, the words and actions of its protagonists...
View ArticleTake Two: Jesus, Martha and Mary (Luke 10)
As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home. Her sister, Mary, sat at the Lord’s feet, listening to what...
View ArticleTake Two: Boaz and Ruth
At the end of Refugee Week, this comes in recognition of all those people who are displaced and seeking a better life, a safer life, far from home. I take it you know something of the story of Ruth. To...
View ArticleTake Two: Philip and the Anonymous Ethiopian Eunuch (Acts 8)
As summer Pride events in the UK come to an end, in this next “Take Two” I wanted to recognise the challenges so many queer people face to integrate their faith with their sexuality. In doing so, I...
View ArticleTake two – James & John at the Samaritan village (Luke 9)
As the time drew near when Jesus would be taken up to heaven, he made up his mind and set out on his way to Jerusalem. He sent messengers ahead of him, who went into a village in Samaria to get...
View ArticleThe Gospel According to Zeffirelli
Pak Loki and Joko smiled as I emerged into the arrivals hall at Jakarta airport in Indonesia. I was just off a night flight from Amsterdam and would be speaking in the morning service at their church a...
View ArticleJust a few more sleeps to Christmas…
"We have no reason to believe that Jesus was at all different to any other milk-guzzling nappy-filling, spend-half-the-night-screaming, but still somehow delightful human"
View Article“Talking with a woman…”
By the time Jesus walked the dusty trails of Judaea, centuries of mistrust and mutual accusation had created palpable enmity between “true” Jews and Samaritans. So, when making the journey between...
View ArticleBecoming a Learning Church – For Women, Too
The article discusses the need for churches to address historic prejudice and imbalance against women in leadership and teaching roles. It emphasizes the importance of encouraging, training, and...
View ArticleArt, Jesus, and Holy Week in Seville
Holy Week in Seville has got off to a rainy start today, Palm Sunday. But the presentation of its controversial poster, work of the Sevillian artist Salustiano García, was much more of a storm....
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