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Getting Real: March 2013
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Sunday, 10 March 2013. What's wrong with this picture? Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 8220;When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! 8220;Father”, the older son said. “My brother is outside, at the gate! Give me the key and I will let him in! 8221; The older son pleaded with him, ...
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Getting Real: Depression
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Saturday, 7 September 2013. I've been trying to do more regular postings for a while, but, try as I might, no subjects seemed to have come to mind: at least, no subjects about which I feel I have anything useful to say. Clearly nothing else is going to happen until I get this one out of the way. So here goes. Why don't I want to talk about it here? I know that be posting on the Internet, I am making my comments available, in principle, to everyone, from close friends to prospective employers. And, be...
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Getting Real: December 2012
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Sunday, 2 December 2012. So my approach to World Aids Day has to be different. While I share in the concerns expressed on intellectual and political levels, and while I recall and pray for those of my friends who live, now, with HIV, I have to find another story to earth the day in my own heart. It so happened that towards the end of my time in this neighbourhood this large church experienced something called ‘The Toronto Blessing’. If you are a fellow evangelical: do you remember that? I made any sudden...
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Getting Real: November 2012
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Friday, 16 November 2012. Cyril' – A Postscript. Cyril' – A Postscript. It turns out things weren’t quite as bleak as I thought they were. I hadn’t missed the funeral; it had just taken a while to arrange. And I was able to get time off work to attend it, and the committal. There were more people there than I had expected: a gathering of, mainly, neighbours and nurses and social workers. Mr Mohammed was one of the pall-bearers. There were no relatives. I the Lord of wind and flame,. My hand will save.
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Getting Real: World Aids Day
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Sunday, 2 December 2012. So my approach to World Aids Day has to be different. While I share in the concerns expressed on intellectual and political levels, and while I recall and pray for those of my friends who live, now, with HIV, I have to find another story to earth the day in my own heart. It so happened that towards the end of my time in this neighbourhood this large church experienced something called ‘The Toronto Blessing’. If you are a fellow evangelical: do you remember that? I made any sudden...
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First post… | Ancient and postmodern
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Linking early Christianity and today's world. Welcome to this blog. I shall be exploring the world of ancient Christianity during the late antique period (roughly AD 200-600). I shall also reflect on what it tells us about our postmodern world, and vice versa. But what brought you to this blog? What questions or areas do you want to explore? This entry was posted in Uncategorized. September 19, 2013. Nine counter-arguments for the affirming position on same-sex relations →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Getting Real: Ivy in autumn
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Thursday, 24 October 2013. I got up rather late this morning: as a result felt rather grumpy and guilty, especially as the sky was clear and bright. The whole area was suffused with a startling musky smell, which turned out, on examination, to be coming from the ivy itself. It was as though the plant was shouting out, calling the insects with a voice impossible to resist, drawing them to the last source of sustenance before winter closed in. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). ON GOING TO CHURCH AND NOT.
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Getting Real: June 2012
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Monday, 25 June 2012. Are there two kinds of people in the world: those who are sure of things and those who aren’t? Or is it more complicated? I am not so sure how they regard me: are they disappointed at my liberal tendencies and lack of assurance, sad that my early flush of evangelical zeal seems to have withered away, or just accepting that I am different? Maybe I should ask them.). The odd thing is that both types of friend seem to me to be incredibly similar. When in the presence of each. One of th...
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Getting Real: August 2012
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Monday, 27 August 2012. Embattled and Far from Home. I’m feeling a bit embattled today. Everywhere I look I hear and read people to whom a materialist world view is self-evidently the only plausible one. Their arguments are compelling and I feel out-gunned. Of course, the person who wins an argument isn’t necessarily (or even normally? Right: they could just be a better arguer. But it still has a wearying effect. It’s probably worth mentioning at this point that one of my weaknesses (strengths? July but ...
