This parable, told by Jesus just before the events of the betrayal, trial and resurrection, has a rather uncomfortable theme of judgement and inclusion/exclusion. How can God love perfectly and…
In these two parables, Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to growing plants from seeds. This kind of horticultural activity would have been familiar to his listeners. The Kingdom of…
Today's parable from Luke is framed by Jesus' question - a question each of us has to answer: Why do you call me Lord, Lord and not do what I say? The…
Today is Trinity Sunday and the 'birthday' Sunday for our Holy Trinity church. Both the podcast and the Youtube clip explore the meaning of the theology of the Trinity. …
On Ascension Sunday the church celebrates Jesus returning to heaven. We can ask ourselves three questions in relation to the ascension: What is the ascension? What does it tell us…
Today's podcast is a book review of C.S. Lewis' book The Four Loves. Published in 1960, the book analyses the four Greek words for love - storge (affection), philia (friendship), eros (erotic/romantic love), and agape (God's unconditional love…
In this passage from John, Jesus declares the final of a series of 'I am' statements that are scattered through John 6 to John 15. This last statement is 'I…
The road to Emmaus is a story of doubt and despair - followed by hope - as Jesus meets two disciples walking to Emmaus after the crucifixion and resurrection. This…
Today's gospel deals with the story of Thomas - known more commonly to us as 'doubting Thomas'. However, we do well to remember that Thomas came through his doubts and…
Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! However, our culture has Easter mixed up with a whole host of other stuff - eating chocolate, Easter bunny, Easter eggs - what…