City of peace?
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together,...
The shape of things becoming
"... pray continually..." 1 Thessalonians 5.17 'Thy Kingdom Come' notes for today commend the art of perpetual praying. This only makes...
Tionndadh ceithir timcheall
Leave your nets and follow me... Jesus in Matthew 4. 19 & 20 The international news grows more horrific by the day. On top of the...
That weekend feeling
"Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land." Song of Solomon 2.12 OK so we're...
Hail the King!
"While he was blessing them, he left them and was taken up into heaven." Luke 24.51 You may have wondered at yesterday's lack of...
Web of life
"If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it." 1 Corinthians 12.26 We are...
Gift for life
"Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they...
Compassion fatigue
"And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will...
Can a leopard change its spots?
"... in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28.19 The "leopard" that is Humanism certainly has! What...
Cuir an cèill
"For God spoke, and it came to be..." Psalm 33.9 In a seminar yesterday I was struck by words attributed to the Scottish Gaelic poet,...