Psalm 80
So many Psalms. Some most excellent, some violent and repudiatory. Some dutiful hymns to God. Some with vengeance, some in fear and shame. Some in joy and hope, some just
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The Parable of the Runner Beans
This summer, we planted some runner bean plants, using the time-honoured structure of tying bamboo canes into a ridge-tent shape. We planted them in the garden, not knowing especially which
Continue readingAdvent 2: where there’s hope?
Two words from last week: chronos, the way we measure or notice the passage of time and Kairos, the way we feel the present moment, the held breath, perhaps, or
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Faith in being small and unsuccessful
Luke 17:5-10
Continue readingWhy the sad faith?
John 20:19-31. Let’s hear it for Thomas. The guy who doubted, who wasn’t sure. The disciple known entirely through his denigrating adjective: doubting. Why do we disparage him by suggesting
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Give me strength
Psalm 25:1-10 How can I trust in something I cannot see? I have been asked this. Can’t recall by whom, but it was, I do recall, a ‘whom’ who was
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