There is nothing good about this virus, but that does not mean good cannot come out of it. This article from The Spectator is well worth reading, whether you have faith or not, whether you are a Christian or not, whether you live in Europe or Africa, Asia or America. It is by Stephen Cottrell … Continue reading THERE IS NOTHING GOOD ABOUT CORONAVIRUS, BUT ……

  We are living in extraordinary times of suffering and darkness which is affecting the whole world. No one is untouched. What does it all mean? I don't think there is any "meaning" or "purpose" in the pandemic caused by COVID-19 (Coronavirus), although there are undoubtedly important things we can learn from it. One thing … Continue reading THE PROMISE OF A RAINBOW

Barbara Holmes (an American Black activist and theologian) has said: "Even as a member of an oppressed community, you're always an individual, but during a crisis of this magnitude, you do not have the luxury of responding as an individual. Suffering [of community in crisis] cannot be absorbed by individuals, no matter how tenuous and … Continue reading LIVING AND SUFFERING AS A GLOBAL COMMUNITY

Years of waiting, months of uncertain anticipation, hours of labour are over as the baby is finally pushed out into this world. It’s a boy! But the seconds waiting, with bated breath, for the loud cry which indicates his first intake of breath, feel interminable. It’s a breath in, not out. Everything from this moment … Continue reading BREATH OF LIFE

When thinking about "Crossing Cultures", there is so often a cultural boundary based on colour rather than differences in culture. Rev. Dr. James Cone, an American Black theologian who died in 2018, wrote:“Any message that is not related to the liberation of the poor in a society is not Christ’s message. Any theology that is … Continue reading BLACK AND WHITE – tyrants or oppressed?

Most of my life, I have thought of God as being “out there” – certainly involved in, but nevertheless beyond and separate from, all that he has created and continues to love and sustain, just as I am somehow outside and beyond a picture I have drawn although there is much of me invested in … Continue reading WHERE IS GOD?

 “The stars were bright only because the sky was dark. They needed the night to be seen.”  This sentence, from the lovely novel about Rene Descartes and Helena, his long-term lover, really stirred me. ("The Words in my Hand” by Guinevere Glasfurd is well-worth reading.) This profound observation adds to my reflections in past years about … Continue reading DARKNESS