Omniscience in personal space Thomas. We have not been kind to him. We gave him a nickname that has outlived him. Doubting Thomas. It sounds tidy. Memorable. Almost affectionate. But labels have a way of shrinking people to their weakest line. And if we are not careful, we end up misreading Thomas, and risk mischaracterising Jesus. We do… Read More »
Both of them. I dream often, most nights. Some grab me and drag me from my sleep, others are just me working through life. Chess dreams where I try to move a pawn diagonally and I know that’s not how it goes. You’ve probably had a stirring, emotive dream too. You can’t explain it, but you know it’s… Read More »
We’re all standing on the edge of something. Can I ask you a question? Have you ever had someone ask you a seemingly innocent question that sounded simple on the surface – but you knew, deep down, or at least suspected, it carried more weight than they realised? The gospel narrative in John 12:21 has that air about… Read More »
And it won’t be because of you I’ve been musing over the beatitudes recently, as you do, and one verse got me thinking, “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.” It’s Jesus speaking. And standing there on that Galilean hillside were men and women who knew their own contradictions. Quick tempers. Hidden lusts. Petty… Read More »
Jesus. Justice. And why grace never carries a clipboard. People watching. It’s therapeutic. Have you ever sat in a coffee shop, people watching, and noticed someone outside with all their belongings in a plastic bag-wondering what brought them there, and what keeps you from being in their shoes? Local councils want nice, tidy streets. The old saying is… Read More »
God can put you pack together. Today. I loved English lessons at school. Even at fifteen, when a poem of mine, Plastic Tomorrow, was passed around other classes by my teachers, what really hooked me was learning how to read properly. Pulling texts apart. Asking what was actually being said. To whom. Not who. By whom. Where. Why.… Read More »