thinking honestly about life and faith
I have been a great fan of Shakespeare's Hamlet since I was at school. I knew the play almost by heart. Most people know only a couple of lines from it, if any at all, but the line 'To be … Read More »
In this post I will comment on some other people's ideas about kindness and the sense in which kindness is part of the harvest of God's presence and life with us.Let me emphasize what I said earlier, too: I do … Read More »
What does it mean to say the Spirit creates or produces kindness?I would like to suggest a few things I think I have learned about kindness. But I hasten to say this is not a claim to sort of moral … Read More »
While I was in Boston last week, taking an intensive course at the Harvard Business School, I came upon the J F Kennedy Park. It’s a lovely place, relatively simple and a welcoming space for locals and visitors alike.At the … Read More »
Sorry guys, but I'm on holidays. YEH!Actually, I'm away for two weeks holidays, and then two weeks of conferences.After that, we'll try a little kindness.
From a simple net search for quotations, I found a number of insightful statements about patience. I would like to consider a few of these, in terms of how they relate to the patience the Spirit gives.
This post has been a long time coming! It has been a lesson in patience. What does it mean to say that patience is a fruit of the Spirit? This requires more than reflection on what patience is. It also … Read More »
The culture of rampant individualism has its many benefits, and some serious problems, in matters of faith and theology as well.I was thinking about this when talking with a colleague about a mutual friend. There are many people today who … Read More »
‘Blessed are the peace makers’ is one of the ‘beatitudes’, set at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount, in Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 5.Peace making is a difficult thing to do, and I want to suggest is an activity … Read More »
The idea of ‘peace’ has so many different possible meanings. Popularly, it has two broad meanings: the absence of war, and a more personal and everyday sense of tranquility, or just the absence of hassle. Biblically, ‘peace’ is the translation … Read More »