In these first weeks after Pentecost, I’m going to be looking at the Nicene Creed — yes, its history and theology, but I want to focus particularly on the spirituality of the Creed. Today I’ll be focusing on the first two words in English, or the first word in the original Greek text: We believe … Continue reading We Believe, I Believe
The creation story in Genesis famously imagines the chaos out of which God creates life as being a fathomless ocean. Whatever else we might think about this story, it rightly places water at the centre of the story of life. Life on our planet first developed in the water, and to this day, even the … Continue reading Come, Drink: A Reflection for Pentecost 2023
On Sunday we will be celebrating Pentecost, the feast commemorating the gift of the Holy Spirit, sent to all the faithful to make possible a whole new way of being in the world. Today, I’m going to start a new series about the Creed, that ancient, much argued over, sometimes derided, often forgotten, statement of … Continue reading We Believe… : The Spirituality of the Nicene Creed
Today’s post brings the series on understanding biblical genres to a close. In the vein of ending it well, there are three major takeaways that I’d like to discuss today. 1. First, the Bible is not a book, but a library. (Fun fact, our word ‘Bible’ comes from the Greek, ta biblia, ‘the books’ - … Continue reading Understanding Biblical Genres: Concluding Thoughts
Today we're bringing this survey of common biblical genres to a close with Epistles, which probably represent the least likely type of literature to find its way into a canon of Sacred Scripture. Epistles are nothing more nor less than letters written from a person to another, or to a group of people. They are … Continue reading Understanding Biblical Genres: Epistle
