Whenever I read the Gospels, I’m always taken a bit aback by how much Apocalyptic — writing about a mysterious coming time when God would come in big ways to right the world’s wrongs — they contain. This is particularly true in years like this one, since our Sunday Gospels have been taken primarily from … Continue reading Signs of the End or Signs of the Times?: A Reflection on Mark 13.1-8
If there’s been one constant in the years I’ve been writing this blog it’s me starting a post with some variant of “These are anxious times.” While there has been a different edge to such anxieties in our post-2015 world — both in terms of the anxieties that have given strength to far-right sensibilities and … Continue reading Change We Can Trust: A Reflection on Psalm 146
There’s a popular conception out there, as prominent in the Church as outside of it, that Christianity is about “going to heaven when you die” — that, if you ‘believe in’ Jesus, you’re on the 'right team' and when things get sorted out, you’ll be sorted accordingly. These days, this black-and-white, team mentality has turned … Continue reading This One’s for the Losers: A Reflection for All Saints Day 2024
One of the things I most enjoy about the Scriptures is how in reading and re-reading them, they take on not only their own meaning, but also the weight of how they’ve interacted with our life in previous readings. I was reminded of this when reading today’s Gospel reading, from Mark 10. This is the … Continue reading What Do You Want? A Reflection on Mark 10.46-52
As I write this, the question of power is all over the news — it can’t not be, with wars and rumours of war around the world, and major elections at home and abroad. The whole world seems to be grappling with the question of what power is. And that’s of course only talking about … Continue reading Jesus on Power: A Reflection on Mark 10.35-45
