Book: John

The experience of the living Christ keeps pushing us to think even bigger in our attempts to explain him.

The Christ child is the light who enlightens the world and as his love takes root in our hearts and lives, it causes us to light up the darkness.

When God is understood through the revelation of Jesus and his pattern of relating, then we discover ourselves invited into generous and gracious solidarity with all creation.

The resurrection of Jesus has made it possible for everyone to live fully, now, but not everyone feels ready to live.

The reputation that matters is a reputation for loving as Jesus loved and, like him, that will be seen as disreputable.

A reflection on the Good Friday story of the crucifixion from the perspective of the disciple Joanna.

Extravagant expressions of love are a sign of the culture of God, and Jesus models generous giving and receiving of them, regardless of the scandal they cause.

In Christ we are one with all flesh and blood, and so our struggle is not against any other people, but against the spirits and powers and forces which would divide people and make them enemies.

If God seems unjust, we can and should question God’s integrity, for God welcomes our questions in order that the falsehoods might be stripped away and the truth revealed.

The Holy Spirit is poured out on us so that the liberating presence of Christ may be with us all everywhere, freeing us from fear to live and speak boldly of the new life we have tasted.

The Church is one body, sent into the world to live the life Jesus has begun, a life of love, reconciliation and mercy.

Jesus invites us into a new relationship with God and with one another based on love and friendship instead of power and rivalry.