On Sundays (which was yesterd here) I look at both the daily lectionary and the Sunday readings. I did not put up John 1:1 which was on the list for the day, as it was not the text that was discussed at church, and to keep the post under 2000 words. Perhaps I should have.
THis passage has had far too many sermons on it. THere is very little to add. But I see women continuing to fuss — despite their abandoned by their spouses, as if being a domestic goddess or a competent strong woman will bring him back. Mary understood that being around Jesus was important, and that
I’m noting that the lectionary posts are getting a little more focused. I’ve had mornings when I have been up very early to get planes — and spending an hour reading the lectionary and looking around for illustrations is a luxury. And if I focus on the text the post is shorter. Brevity and concentration.
Many people have meditated on the ascension, and how glorious it owuld be to have been there and to see Elijah, Moses and Jesus in Glory. However, at the end of this, the disciples were terrified. There men were no cowards. They were fishermen: they were hard-working men. They would not have scared easily. Luke
Homosexuality is legal in NZ. Homosexual marriages are licit. And the pressure on the church to crumble — because people are humiliated that they do not meet the standard of the church — is starting. We were assured this would not happen. But it will. And this is one situation where the Anglicans are correct
A couple of days ago there was a chart of the various nutraditionalists that completely left off all the Christians. There is a cluster around TC, that is made up of many of the blogs in the roll under nutraditionalism, and we all tend to read each other. The classic reactionary simply does not get
The photo above was taken on Anzac day. It’s ocean spray: I was trying to freeze this as the sea sent spumes of salt water twenty to thirty feet into the air. Needless to say, it got everywhere. The passers-by were looking at me — holding a DSLR with a fairly big zoom on it
Last night Ballista from the society of Phineas made this comment, and it is a good place to start. We need to go hard or go home when it comes to true faith. This goes for ourselves as well as others. Like a preacher once talked about “push the gas pedal on”, I was thinking
I was looking at the paper online today and came across this. The news is local, and to American ears the definition of a weapon would be quaint, but it leads to the passage. A machete, a mallet and large wooden sticks have been seized from several Dunedin dairy owners arming themselves against robbers targeting
Yesterday I wrote two posts in the morning… switching between one that was reblogged at oogenhand and one that was based on the lectionary. The historical one was popular. Theology less so. Well, yeah. That was expected However, the core of my analysis flows from my theological and philosophical position as a believer in the
