thinking honestly about life and faith
A week after surgery, here are a few thoughts on the experience and on the idea of patience. (BTW, I am recovering well. Thank you.) There are many interesting bon mots about patience. For example, Saint Augustine (354 – 430 ) … Read More »
We were reflecting the other day on a week in the life of a local church pastor. Not every week is like this, but it had been ‘a tough time’. In the local community there were all the usual things … Read More »
I’m still here Today marks 41 years since I was ordained to the ministry of ‘word, sacrament and pastoral care’ in the Baptist church. It means many things to me, but one of them is simply the grateful recognition of … Read More »
I’ve long been impressed by the biblical images of God as a gardener. One of the implications of that concept is that theology needs to include a place for compost. I have been engaging in a bit of theological composting … Read More »
When you take notice of what is going on around you, in politics, economics, ecology, and in the ways people relate to each other and exploit each other—what choice is there, everybody’s doing it? —and all that, it is so … Read More »
Thousands of books, lectures and sermons have addressed the theme of God’s word, or what God has to say to us. What we learn from these sources is about a God who declares things we should believe, or … Read More »
Fred Schepsi’s film The Devil’s Playground tells the story of his own growing up, through a Catholic boarding school, and of his own struggle to find faith. At one very poignant moment, the boy of 12 or 13 years, torn … Read More »
There is a wide-spread search for meaning in contemporary society, taking many forms, only some of them relating to traditional forms of religion. For many people, ‘the church’ and ‘religion’ are not meaningful, even if once they were. Now, people … Read More »