Book: John

Jesus leads the way towards a new experience of life that is so utterly alive that death is powerless to threaten, limit or constrain it.

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.

The imminent arrival of God’s messiah asks each of us to take up the identity of witnesses who open the way for God to be known.

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.

Whenever we are invested in the status quo, we are at risk of being caught up in seeing the liberation that Jesus brings as a threat to be opposed.

Following the living Jesus is the pathway to healing, integrity and life, and sometimes it comes into conflict with “following the Bible”.

Outrageous love is the most obvious characteristic of Jesus, and therefore it is the one thing that will make us recognisable as his followers.

Conversion to the way of Jesus is not just a matter of belief, but requires a serious reckoning with our past complicity with attacks on his way.

When we crusade against the evil of others, we end up crusading against Jesus himself, for he asks us to become givers and lovers of life.

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.

Love names, creation, joyful service and gifts for the common good can be signs of the nature and culture of God.