THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH - personal observations on life and faith
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WHY IS THERE SO MUCH CONFLICT IN OUR CHURCHES?
- Like radioactivity, conflict is the natural crackle in the background of our common life which may become toxic beyond certain levels.
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First Love
- How do we know if we have lost the love we initially had for God, as Jesus so strikingly accused one of the early churches of?
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Shock And Awe
- What responses are open to us when everything goes wrong? Though we regulate our existence, reduce risks and take out insurance,
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LAST ROLL OF THE DICE
- od's will is sometimes fulfilled in ways that leave us feeling flat and curiously subdued, but he is still at work even when we have lost the ability to care.
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Entertaining Angels
- Christian distinctiveness is shown most refreshingly in doing things others might not do rather than in not doing things others might. There has been a remarkable surge of interest in the paranormal in recent years
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In Memory Of Mike
- A final tribute to the friend who made this website possible. First contact was by email, a short and sparing account of one man’s search for truth. Clergy increasingly receive these kinds of approaches, but in the late nineties it ....
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The Double Destiny Of August 6
- The date of August 6 presents us with a paradox so deep and poignant you might have thought it had been engineered by someone to make a point. August 6 is the day the global Church marks the transfiguration of Jesus:
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The Fog
- We all lose our way with God at some time or other; more honesty in the Christian community would help those who no longer know which way to turn. Travelling on the road in foggy conditions is a disconcerting and uneasy experience.
Standing Target
- Sometimes the most ridiculous strategies in life turn out right
Get a grip, we are told. Controlling our own lives is a mark of adulthood but probably overrated. As we begin to trust one another less, we feel the need to control more of our environment.
Signalling Virtue
- The brighter a light shines, the less likely people will want to look at the source and the more at what it truly illuminates. How quickly terms are propagated today. I assumed the phrase ‘virtue signalling’ had pedigree, only to discover it had been coined a few months earlier.