There’s a lot of … ummmm… awkward stuff in the Bible (I’m using “awkward” to be polite). Recently, for example, I wrote about Numbers 5:11-31 where a man (and in the Bible it’s always the man isn’t it!) gets a suspicion that his wife has been unfaithful and, having no evidence, the Bible has a
It is always interesting to see how we-teach-all-and-only-what-the-Bible-teaches Christians deal with certain biblical texts. A common reaction is not to read all the Bible. Another is not to mention the awkward bits. The synagogue, however, reads through the Torah systematically, and this Sabbath reads Parashat Naso, Numbers 4:21-7:89, which includes the awkward piece quoted below.
How To Be An Agnostic by Mark Vernon. (272 pages). I really appreciate books written in a humble tone – exploring faith, and acknowledging the integrity of a variety of approaches; where the author gives his/her own perspective – and acknowledges that there are other ways of looking at things. And that s/he might be
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I recently tripped over the documentary, “Divided”. It is arguing against siloing the Christian community into different age groups. What particularly interested me is that it comes from the part of the Christian spectrum that has been arguing for siloing. “Church growth” models have been advocating having services where people are similar to each other
Stay with the start of this recording, it starts very quietly… part 2 Jesus’ blood never failed me yet never failed me yet Jesus’ blood never failed me yet this one thing I know that He loves me so… This is a 1971 composition by Gavin Bryars. An unknown homeless man sings. It was recorded
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There was a facebook conversation which began by Rachel Marszalek saying: It takes 15 Anglicans to change a light bulb: one to do the work and the other 14 to stand around saying how much they preferred the old bulb! To which Alasdair Kay responded: actually what would happen is the standing committee would bat
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If you were predestined to be a Calvinist then you will have no choice about whether or not you go and see this movie. It is fascinating to me that, suddenly after the Christchurch earthquake, our very secular (might I be so bold to say often-anti-Christian) media is full of “where was God in the
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In 2010 the UN declared the first week in February World Interfaith Harmony Week. Its aim is to promote harmony between all people regardless of their faith. Here is the UN resolution that was unanimously passed: The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/243 of 13 September 1999 on the declaration and programme of action relating
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