-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Peter S Smith on The wrong good news? Janice Rennie on This life suesconsideredtrifle… on The invisible woman Bernadette on A man silenced, women hea… veronicazundel on The invisible woman Archives
Categories
Meta
Category Archives: Uncategorized
Debts paid and unpaid
And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. (Matthew 6:12) It’s no accident that it’s taken me nearly nine months to get back to this blog and especially this verse. Yes, a lot of hard things … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Who needs bread?
Give us this day our daily bread Matthew 6:11 This is the line that makes this a prayer to be used by the poor. We rich, and I include myself and most people reading this, generally know where our next … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
A cry for change
Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 What would it mean for God’s kingdom to come? How would we know? Ultimately, it would mean the fulfilment of that bit of ‘realized … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
In whose name?
Hallowed be your name Matthew 6:9b All right, all right. I know. I start a new series and then disappear for two and a half months. What can I say? There’s blogging, and then there’s life. And without life, what … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
3 Comments
Our divine parent
‘Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven’ Matthew 6:9 For some time I’ve been meaning to write a short series on what we call ‘the Lord’s Prayer’, so a couple of weeks into Lent seems as good a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Sorry, Henri, I don’t agree
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
1 Comment
The less you see
Jesus said to him… ‘Blessed are those who have seen and have come to believe.’ No he didn’t, did he? Here’s what he actually said: Jesus said to [Thomas], ‘Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
The violent entering the kingdom of God
At three o’clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, ‘Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?’ which means, ‘My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?’ When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, ‘Listen, he is calling for Elijah.’ … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
3 Comments
Whose power, whose weakness?
Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated. Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Her-meneutic
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom he also created … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
4 Comments