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Continue reading →: The church and the world of politicsThe church is called to be both in the world and not of the world. That includes the world of politics. The problem is not that the church engages with the states. The problem is when the church forgets it is called to different ends via different means.
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Continue reading →: Praying through our sensesSome creative prayer ideas from Methodist.org.uk: 1/ Rock of salvation Hold stones or glass beads to symbolise a hard problem; place it near a cross. 2/ Light of the World Scented tea lights placed in front of a newspaper (to pray for those in the news) 3/ Fruit of the…
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Continue reading →: Fertility and DivinityWith the grass being so lush and green this Beltane, with all the heat and rain, I’ve been meditating on YHWH as the source of life and fertility. In the process I’ve stumbled across a critique of Karl Barth by Walter Brueggemann, where he suggests Barth overplayed his hand in…
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Continue reading →: A very Trump ChristmasFear not! For behold, I bring you good fake news.
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Continue reading →: Christocentric Prayer – James A. FowlerChristocentric Prayer A study of the Biblical bases of prayer. ©1999 by James A. Fowler. All rights reserved. You are free to download this article provided it remains intact without alteration. You are also free to transmit this article and quote this article provided that proper citation of authorship is…
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Continue reading →: Tasting the Divine: How Deeper Understanding Only Comes Through ExperienceLately, I’ve been reflecting on how deeply personal faith really is. How much of it can only be truly understood through direct experience? No matter how much we read or listen to others talk about the divine, something remains elusive until we encounter it for ourselves. Basil the Great once…
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Continue reading →: God’s Ineffability – Ron RolheiserGod’s Ineffability – What’s Reveiled in Jesus’ Eyes? Ron Rolheiser God, as I understand him, is not very well understood. A colleague of mine, now deceased, was fond of saying that. It’s a wise comment. Anyone who claims to understand God is deceived because the very first dogma we have…
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Continue reading →: Getting Started With Christian Meditation – James FinleyMeditation is not always easy, but getting started is quite simple. In his book Christian Meditation, James Finley lays out some basic guidelines: “The guidelines for meditation practice that I suggest are, with respect to the body, to sit still, to sit straight, to close your eyes or lower them toward the…
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Continue reading →: Incarnational Christology – N T Wright
One God, One Lord, One People: Incarnational Christology for a Church in a Pagan Environment – N.T. Wright I. INTRODUCTION My aim in this paper is to examine a theme and context which is often marginalized but which, arguably, stands as close as any other to the heart of Paul’s…
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Continue reading →: Political divisions within the churchI have been giving a lot of consideration lately to the political divisions within the church and it has got me wondering if the Christological heresies of the past haven’t disappeared so much as taken on new guises. Conservatives show some distinct Docetic and Apollinarian tendencies at times. They can…
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