Category: Spirituality
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Lost and Found
During the past year, this idea of ‘lost and found’, has come into my thinking time and again. Many people have often spoken to me about a year that has been ‘lost’, due to the Covid 19 pandemic – and I can understand why. I do not underestimate the precious treasures people have lost –…
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Dare Mighty Things
For anyone who wishes to follow Jesus, the pivotal question is not, ‘Who do you say that I am?’ Instead, it’s implied by Jesus’ words that ends Mark chapter 8. That pivotal question is, ‘Who will you be now?’ In other words, what will we do that is different once we recognise Jesus as the…
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The Parable of Edward Bear
During last summer I got around to some of those getting ‘A Round Tuit’ jobs – that at other normal times maybe we never quite get around to – do you know what I mean? Well for me it consisted in clearing out the loft and the garage. And what a clear out it was!…
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Brief Encounter(s)
I want to talk about brief encounters. Not ‘Brief Encounter’ the 1945 classic British film scripted by Noel Coward and starring Trevor Howard and Celia Johnson. But the brief encounters we experience and that Jesus experienced in the gospels. Brief and potentially life changing.
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St George and the Dragon Age: Hic Sunt Dracones
Beyond the legend, St. George had to face a question. Was he the centre of his own universe or was their something more worth defending? A dragon that needed defeating?
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The Hidden Life of Trees
In many religions there is a ‘Tree of Life’ and in the Bible this is also true. In Revelation 22:2 it says, “The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.” I look at this verse differently now as I think of the hidden life of trees.
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Iona
Iona is a place of invitation…
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Westworld Virtually
Although we may be a long way from creating an adult theme park in which we might have to imagine that humanoid robots may have rights, the world of video gaming is coming ever more closer to revealing the darkest fantasies of human nature.
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Olympos Games
Yet again the Olympic games have surfaced many questions. For me they are typified in the statue of Christ standing over the city of Rio de Janeiro watching our triumphs and tragedies unfold as much in the city streets as in the stadium. He stands in silence but his arms are outstretched.
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Dead Man Walking: Lazarus Unbound
The character of Miss Havisham warns us that we all have the potential to create tombs. As individuals we can create them in our homes. Collectively we can create them in other places. Death is more than a physical experience and we use the word to express more than the ending of physical life.
