Hard Discipline
Adversity, violence, and suffering can come as a consequence of not just sin, but of radical love, but with love it can strengthen and sharpen us for fullness of life.
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Imagination
Imagination, fed by Jesus, enables us to grow and stretch, to make a way from what is to what could be, for the sake of worlds of hope God is already excited about.
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Intimate Partner Violence and the Image of God
When we read scripture through the eyes of Jesus, we find a way free of the violent abusive images of God in some of the ancient texts.
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Earth-Shattering Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer is a manifesto for a whole new way of relating to God and the world.
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Martha Made Whole
Inviting Christ into your dwelling means being renovated from the inside out.
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Schooled in Love and Limits
Those who are insiders in the life of God are characterised by their love and compassion for all, especially those deemed unworthy of it, and by the humility to be schooled by outsiders.
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Questions on Mission
Being missioners needs to be patterned on Jesus if it is to have any integrity at all, and so it will be characterised by intentional engagement, genuine curiosity, deep listening, allowing others to be a blessing to us, and trusting ourselves to God.
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When the Spirit of truth comes
We live in uncertain times, unsure of the future shape of the church, but Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to us, not to give us certainty, but to guide and sustain us in the uncertainty.
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Holy Spirit Reflections
The Holy Spirit is breathing sacred life into all creation and continually working for the making sacred of all creation.
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Maintaining Unity in Disagreement
Living out the unity we have in Christ, is more difficult and more important when we are at odds with one another.
