rock & redemption
Some of the most suggestive and creative theology is to be found outside religious texts. It's certainly where some of the most insightful and surprisingly rich reflections can be found. Those of us...
View Articleread this and be very, very afraid ...
Go and look at this page, called The American Taliban. It's a page of quotes from prominent Americans. A number of them are church leaders. Others are politicians, serving in the Bush...
View Articlefor what it's worth ...
I wrote this as a responsive prayer of adoration and confession, leaving a short silence after each response before beginning the next petition. Fell free ... Our Father in heavenCome and meet with...
View Articleif I were you, I wouldn't start from here
If you're thinking of starting your own blog, I wouldn't start here! Mandy put me on to blogSpirit, a site that, like Blogger, gives you free blogging facilities. Unlike Blogger, it's fully featured....
View Articleso why aren't we all on skype?
Skype's the way that the whole world can talk for free - or at least, the online world! It turns your computer into a telephone, and the quality is superb! I was talking to the minister from Australia...
View Articledifferent gospels, different christs
One of the most disturbing lessons I had to learn was that there is no one Gospel that is preached and believed by all Christians. Nor is there just one Jesus. There are all sorts of Jesuses -...
View Articledisclosing new worlds
I've started my new blog, disclosing new worlds. Its purpose is to be a resource for ministers and preachers, with a weekly reflection on the lectionary readings. I also want to build up a library of...
View Articlea postmodern, neo-orthodox welseyan
Well, I just took the quiz to find out what my theology's like (thanks for the tip, homileo) and discovered that I'm clearly postmodern, alienated from the institutional church, strongly neo-orthodox...
View Articlegone live on the lectionary!
I'm ahead of my schedule, which is unusual enough to make video of the event and seal it in a time capsule, let alone simply diarise! My disclosing new worlds blog has gone live, with reflections on...
View Articlea Jesus & Peter dialogue on forgiveness
I've written this dialogue in the style of the "Eh, Jesus ... Yes Peter?" Wild Goose meditations. In the interests of space, I'm only putting enough on here to give the general idea. It goes on to deal...
View Articlewhen is evangelism (in)appropriate?
I received the daily email bulletin from ekklesia. One of the articles on Hurricane Katrina is entitled, "Don't use aid to proselytize, Christians urged". The head of the Christian Aid agency...
View Articlechurch life is also mission
I'm writing this in Cleveland, Ohio, where 4 of us from the URC are visiting the United Churches of Christ to consult on their God is Still Speaking, initiative. It's quite something! This relatively...
View Articlemodel of the church
This is how I scored on models of the church (thanks, stuart). A servant model. I'm intrigued by the mystical communion high score. Pleased and not surprised that church as institution is not exactly...
View Articlea theology of contamination
We're privileged to have Richard Giles, author of Re-pitching the Tent, doing a course at the Centre as I write. For those of us in the URC, buildings are a real issue. They soak up huge amounts of...
View Articlenew blog on the block
Just discovered that Keith Alexander, a URC minister in Manchester, has stared a blog - Thoughts of Keith - with a thoughtful (no pun intended!) piece on the privatisation of faith (or at least, that's...
View Articlebob the articulate? must be some mistake, surely ...
Did you watch His Bobness on BBC2 at 9pm last night? What a treat! Nearly 2 hours of Dylan's early years. It was great to watch classic footage of the early Dylan - highlights for me being Newport and...
View Articlebush the new (moderate) crusader!
Did you catch Bush's latest "state of the union" address on the war against terror? I'm still depressed about it! Here is a man who sees the presence of American and British troops in Iraq as an...
View Articlefeeding places
It's been far too long since I had a few minutes spare enough to sit down and post. I've had to make do with "browsing and grazing" as far as blogging has been concerned for the past few weeks, and I...
View Articlethe royal tour
It's been far too long since I was actively blogging here! I blame the start of the church year - September and October have been manic. So Charles and Camilla begin their US tour today. And the...
View Articleeverybody needs a tame ..
(a) car mechanic, who won't rip you off by telling you you need to replace your steering wheel; (b) all-round electrician, plumber, builder and carpenter who can help you out when basic tools and...
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