Topic: Incarnation

God’s coming does not reinforce our social norms and hierarchies, but breaches them to reconcile and re-dignify those who the social order has sacrificed and cast aside.

The doctrine of the Trinity is not a mathematical puzzle, but an invitation to an experience of relationships, sharing in the life and mission of God.

As Woody Allen said, 90% of success is just showing up, and in the resurrection, Jesus really shows up!

In the face of monumental devastation and suffering, God speaks a word, and the word becomes flesh.

The Christmas stories assure us that Jesus is the one who brings light into our darkness.

When God calls us to invest in the places we live, it is a call to active agents of positive change, not compliant patriots.

The God revealed to us in Jesus and experienced through the Holy Spirit is so dynamic and multi-facetted that we may find it hard to believe that we are always dealing with the one God.

Jesus shows us that being overly cautious about the boundaries of personal space and touch can, especially in worship, risk excluding, stigmatising and humiliating people.

It is not from the halls of power but from humble places that the love which offers wholeness and healing and peace erupts into life.

The baby whose coming is awaited will turn the world upside down (not just the lives of its parents!), and our counter-cultural observance of Advent is a necessary preparation of ourselves for that reality.

Sexual Intimacy is an exquisitely beautiful gift from God, but attempts to control and repress it frequently distort it into a hypocritical and malevolent force.

The light of Christ reaches the world through those who will bear the wounds of love.