(August 14, 2020)
Someone I know had an interesting picture come into their mind recently. They were lying in bed, about to drift off, when they “saw” a group of people standing near the edge of a cliff, a little like the one in the picture above. The people were looking this way and that over unexplored territory. […]
(July 29, 2020)
Some christians are accusing others of being socialists, as if that’s bad. But is it? Are Jesus’ teachings socialist?
(July 18, 2020)
Protestant church services have included long sermons since before we were all born. But the coronavirus pandemic may be changing all that.
(July 5, 2020)
Jesus told a little parable against the Jewish religious leaders that I don’t recall ever hearing anyone preach on. It’s in Matthew and Luke, and it tells of two sons.
(June 28, 2020)
A “heathen” notices that Right Wing Christians and Left Wing Christians have very different priorities.
(May 31, 2020)
In these troubled times, people’s mental health is under stress, but there are things we can all do, and churches can do, to help.
(May 15, 2020)
A recent report offers hope that churches may make some helpful changes that will improve how they serve the world.
(April 26, 2020)
A few weeks back I posted about living in a toxic world, because of unattractive and nasty things I was seeing: Lack of compassion and loss of community Polarisation and tribalism Triviality The dumbing down of politics The rich control the media A number of political ploys seem to have led us to this point: […]
(April 16, 2020)
The world will change after the coronavirus pandemic. But will the church change? Should it?
(March 25, 2020)
These words from christian and political leaders speak for themselves.