At the heart of the desperate suffering there is in the world, suffering we can do nothing to resolve or remove for good, there is an indestructible energy making for love. If we have grasped what Jesus is about, we can trust that this is what lies at the foundation of everything. Rowan Williams, TokensContinue reading “An indestructible energy making for love”
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What Christians can expect each other to take for granted
[The Creed] sets out what Christians can expect each other to take for granted. You might even say that it tells us why we can trust each other in the Christian community. We’re looking in the same direction, working with the same hopes and assumptions. Rowan Williams, Tokens of Trust, p. 7
Where I find the anchorage of my life
‘I believe in God the Father almighty’ isn’t the first in a set of answers to the question, ‘How many ideas or pictures have I inside my head?’ as if God were the name of one more doubtful thing like UFOs and ghosts to add to the list of the furniture of my imagination. ItContinue reading “Where I find the anchorage of my life”
He believes; he has confidence
In John’s Gospel (the ninth chapter), Jesus asks the blind man he’s just cured whether he ‘believes’ in the Son of Man. He’s certainly not asking (as he might about the Loch Ness monster) whether the man is of the opinion that the Son of Man exists; he wants to know whether the former blindContinue reading “He believes; he has confidence”
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