Devotion
Prayer For A Time Of Trouble
(Composed for an ecumenical service at the time of the Australian Thredbo ski village disaster, August 1997). God of the living and the dead; Throughout time, mountains have drawn your people to wonder, to reflect, to be refreshed and to celebrate life. In our days, the deep wound on the mountainside here in our village […]
The Purpose Of Suffering
From: “Thomas F. Fischer” I was reading a book by psychologist Phillip Z. entitled, “A Skeptics Guide To The Twelve Steps” (Hazelden, 1990, publication #5130) in preparation for an upcoming MH article and ran across the following quotation by Ken Wilbur. The Purpose of Suffering… “A person who is beginning to sense the suffering of […]
Saying ‘Yes’ Or Saying ‘No’
Last week I watched the video of Jonathan Livingstone Seagull. Most of you will know the story – of a bird who wanted to be different: to fly higher, faster, further than other birds. But his bird-friends and family had a meeting or two about Jonathan. ‘You’re not allowed to be different’, they told him. […]
Accepting Diversity
Galatians 3:10, GNB; James 2:17, GNB; Romans 12:4-5, GNB; 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, 18-20, GNB; 1 Corinthians 13:12-13, GNB; Romans 14:13 and 19, GNB; John 13:34-35, GNB; Romans 15:7, GNB; 1 Peter 4:8-10, NEB. Snoopy was typing a manuscript, up on his kennel. Charlie Brown: ‘What are you doing Snoopy?’ Snoopy: ‘Writing a book about theology.’ […]
Zaccheus
(rough notes of a sermon) Luke 19:1-10 Q. – what was such a highly placed govt. official doing in such a posture? Trad. answer – size – ‘Z was a very little man, a very little man was he’ could well be, but careful reading of the text leaves this issue in doubt (v.3) – […]
Where Is God?
(PSALM 139:12) I am hemmed in by darkness, and thick darkness covers my face. My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from saving me, so far from the words of my groaning? O God, I cry out to you by day but you do not answer, by night, […]
Christian Koans
A master observed that a novice was involved in many kinds of service and all kinds of good works. The master asked the novice, “Why do you do so many good works?” “Because I am trying to make myself acceptable to God,” the novice asked. The master set a tile before the novice, and began […]
A Thought For Good Friday
‘Open are the gifts of God, gifts of love to mind and sense; hidden is love’s agony, love’s endeavour, love’s expense. Love that gives, gives evermore, gives with zeal, with eager hands, spares not, keeps not, all outpours, ventures all, its all expends. Drained is love in making full, bound in setting others free, poor […]
More Koans
From: (Andrew Bromage) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,alt.christnet.theology Subject: Re: Christian koans… know any others? Oh, why not. Here’s my offering: — The novice said, “Surely God cannot want me to give up my lifestyle. It is such a hard thing to do!” The master replied, “Surely God did not want Jesus to give up his life. It […]
Death And Hell
Since, therefore, the children share flesh and blood, [Jesus] himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. For to me, living is […]
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