Good Friday is a day when time stands still. It’s a moment when all is laid bare, when everything has been said and done, when, as Jesus put it, “It is finished.” As I stand at the foot of the cross on Good Friday, I often have a sense of God asking me, “So now … Continue reading God is Dead (And We Have Killed Him): A Reflection for Good Friday 2023
It’s a truism to say that humans are innately social creatures. Belonging to a community was for all of our evolutionary and cultural history, necessary for survival. It’s no surprise then, that we are a species of copycats: from how we pick up words and behaviours as small children (there is no more eager house … Continue reading Do This in Remembrance of Me: A Reflection for Maundy Thursday 2023
On Holy Wednesday, we remember the story the betrayal of Jesus at the hands of his disciple Judas. What was Jesus’ great crime for which Judas was willing to betray him? Basically, it was simply for not being who Judas thought he was. What makes this line of thought ironic is that it means that … Continue reading Betrayed: A Reflection for Wednesday in Holy Week 2023
As we saw in yesterday’s post, when her visions were over, Julian of Norwich was left wondering two things: how she was supposed to respond to it, and what it all meant. We looked at the first of these questions yesterday, and saw that the message was just like that of the Scriptures’ summaries of … Continue reading Love is the Meaning of it All
The most basic religious question of all is what it is God wants from us. The Scriptures’ answers to this question were the major focus of the Sunday readings during the season of Epiphany this year, inspiring reflections here on receiving the summons, on the various summaries of the Law from Deuteronomy, Micah, Ecclesiastes and … Continue reading The Light of Love, or How to Please God
Matthew Root 