Topic: Discipleship

Journey is a powerful metaphor for the spiritual life. A spiritual journey changes us, we learn more about what life is all about and who we really are.

Lent is a recurring reminder of the fragility of our discipleship in the face of tempting shortcuts and instant gratifications.

Although often dismissed as utopian nonsense, Jesus’s teachings about non-retaliation and love of enemies are the key to the salvation of the world.

The world finds the message of Jesus almost incomprehensible because it seems too simplistic and unrealistic to be taken seriously.

Baptism is a magnificent gift, far surpassing anything we could imagine or devise, for ultimately it is God’s chosen means of self giving to us.

In Joseph we see an impressive example of someone with the integrity and courage to embrace God’s new directions despite considerable personal cost.

Floods of hostility and violence sweep people away, but we are called to prepare ourselves to stand firm with Jesus, and be left behind as those who will not succumb to the angry flood.

Events of global chaos probably aren’t signs of God’s next big move, but we need to take seriously the call to live faithfully and courageously in the midst of them.

Tonight, on the 40th anniversary of his ordination, Gilbert Joyce reflected on his journey in pastoral ministry.

Living in hope-fuelled anticipation of God’s promised future does not mean withdrawing from the life of the world around us.

Jesus offers us vision of the future which sharply differs from that offered by modern economics, and we need to intentionally nourish that vision.

The culture of God is so radical in its loving embrace of everyone that mainstream society will see it as a dangerous rejection of all it holds dear.