Prosaic Redemption
When healing happens the process can be reassuringly ordinary
Spirituality
Death at the Heart of Life
Christians believe that in confrontation with death we are not alone. We can follow in the wake of One who has gone before us and come out the other side, transformed.
Lent
This life is given to me from the hand of God…..
Hospitality in the face of terror. Je Suis Charlie
As Charlie, Ahmed, Jew, each one of us Jesus stands before creation and before God. His total identification is more powerful than leaders gathering in Paris, than crowds filling the streets, but perhaps a much quieter affair.
Review of “Silence: A User’s Guide (Volume 1: Process)” by Maggie Ross
The lasting gift of this book to me is the remembrance of beholding, of simply being present before God.
Good News from Spiritual Journeys
There’s an important place for pre-evangelism in mission: a place to dip your toe in the water, a place to come at faith sideways, and a place to find out that your spiritual urges and explorations make sense.
Review of “The Dawning of Indestructible Joy” by John Piper
A review of a book of daily readings for Advent by John Piper, free to download.
Can we pray for the dead?
To encourage and enable commemoration of the First World War, the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England recently produced a number of resources. They raise an interesting issue for evangelical Anglicans – what do we think about praying for the dead?
Likeness Litany: Facing the Image
Formed in the image and likeness of God, We rejoice;
Fired by violence and facing away, We recoil;
Trinity Litany: Mission in Communion
A Litany for Trinity Sunday