thinking honestly about life and faith
Every now and again, I come across profound wisdom in the novels I read just for pleasure. Here is one such example, from Michael Robotham, Watching You: Joe O’Loughlin Book 7: Zoe had never been very interested in football. Daniel … Read More »
Advent is the season of expectation and anticipation. It is about ‘the coming of the Lord’? Actually, it is about trying to understand what we mean by ‘the coming of the Lord’. In short, it is far more than the … Read More »
There are real hazards in the freedom of religion—not just in the current debates but in the thing people want and call ‘freedom of religion’. This has become very clear this week as we have visited a number of places … Read More »
Tomorrow is Trinity Sunday and I am delighted to have the opportunity of leading our local community of faith in worship. A generation ago, a leading British scholar wrote in a book on preaching that Trinity Sunday was the one … Read More »
Here is my Reflection, from today’s Christmas Day Service: Someone once made a clever little re-phrasing of the Lord’s prayer, from ‘Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us’, to ‘Forgive us our Christmases, as we … Read More »
I’ve spent this week in Waco, Texas, with a group of leaders and scholars from both Baptist and Catholic churches, commissioned to dialogue together for 5 years on the theme of ‘a common witness’. It has been a surprising … Read More »
It’s been some time since I offered any reflections on the work I am doing as an Interim Pastor with the Box Hill Baptist Church, in Melbourne. Nine months into that role, I think some issues have become much … Read More »
At this time of year, we are reminded constantly of how many days till Christmas—and soon the waiting will be over. Waiting is a theme here: but I find myself wondering whether in fact we are waiting for anything. We … Read More »
This week many events were held to commemorate the event 500 years ago when Martin Luther presented his ’95 Theses’—which he may or may not have actullay nailed to the door of the church door at Wittenburg in … Read More »
It is interesting to notice how commonly political leaders now say, in regard to the victims of something like a natural disaster, or the latest mass shooting in the United States, that ‘our prayers are with them’. I find myself … Read More »