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“the poor will always be with us”

Jesus’ anointing at Bethany: the heralding of a new spiritual, economic and political empire.

2018, easter, impoverished, jesus, Jubilee, justice, King, king of the jews, kingdom of god, matthew, matthew 26, poverty, social justice, spring

Are you prepared?

We do not see the Kingdom, acquire it, build it, or enjoy it. What we do is join a Movement which looks for it, acts if it already existed, takes hold of its final reality and embodies bits of it now.

2017, future, kingdom, kingdom of god, mark, Mark 1, matthew, Matthew 13, movement, summer, treasure

The Kingdom of God is seen in Empty Spaces

being not doing

2017, beautitudes, being not doing, clutter, empty space, empty spaces, kingdom of god, matthew

At Easter

Palm branches, a crown of thorns, a wooden cross, and an empty tomb

2017, cross, crucifixion, easter, good friday, good news, jesus, matthew, maundy thursday, palm sunday, poetry, resurrection, scripture, spring

Make Me Hungry

A prayer to be made hungry, where hunger is longing after more of God’s presence.

1 Corinthians, 2017, Cos, friends, hungry, Luke, Luke 9, matthew, Matthew 5, Romans, Romans 6, Romans 8, Sermon on the Mount, spiritual hunger, winter

Day by Day

Christianity is all about life and death. It is the way to life and the victory over death.And so it is that I have put here some photos of my ‘ordinary’, of my day by day, through which I find and see the extraordinary: the way to life and the victory over death.

2 Corinthians, 2016, autumn, change, cross, extraordinary, jesus, matthew, scripture, time

Jesus the Feminist

The Gospels show that Jesus invites, restores and saves women. The only qualification to be a disciple, or one who teaches, leads, heals, serves or prophecies in the name of Jesus is a love of God. And gender could never disqualify anyone from that.

2016, bible, feminism, feminist, gospels, jesus, jesus feminist, jesus women, John, Luke, mark, matthew, women

“Surely he was the Son of God!”

Some thoughts from the ending chapters of Matthew and his account of the crucifixion.

bible, cross, jesus, matthew, summer

What Love Demands

Some thoughts on Matthew 16.

bible, christian, Faith, gospels, jesus, matthew

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