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Holy Place
Have you ever stopped to pay attention to how you are feeling when you walk into church on a
A Bit Of Mystery
Many of us love a good ‘mystery’, whether in the form of a book or a film. We try
No Body? Rethinking the ascension
“You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings; instead, you’ve given me a body.” Heb 10:5 The writer of Hebrews takes
What’s the trouble?
‘Troubled’ is a word that’s been occupying my mind, and sometimes my emotions, over recent weeks. I reassure myself
An Upper Room
It seems a curious symmetry. Almost. Did Jesus have both his first and his last meal in an ‘upper
Striving to Face Forwards
Almost daily my phone prompts me to review my photos from ‘this day x years ago’. For me, the opportunity to recall moments from the past feels intensely bittersweet, and will often provoke a
Just In Time – Part 2
In Part 1 of this blog I argued that to view God as ‘outside of time’, in the way we usually imagine, effectively reduces God to the role of passive spectator, merely observing events
Just In Time – Part 1
It’s time we talked about time; about how we understand the past, the present and the future. And fundamentally, how we believe that God perceives these. Because most Christians have been taught, or have
Distinguishing Pressure
Mk 3:20-22 Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat. When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” The
Struggling with Glory
I suspect ‘Glory’ is one of those words that christians tend to use without having much idea of what it actually means. Sometimes an expletive and sometimes an acclamation, neither use provides us with
Necessary Repetition
In Jn 21, after enabling Peter to land a remarkable catch of fish, the resurrected Jesus has an intensely personal conversation with him, checking Peter’s heart attitude, directing him to care for others and