I’ve not done a survey or anything, but I suspect that most Christians would say that peace was important to them. Mind you, I also suspect that many Christians might be a little hazy about what they actually mean by peace, but they know it is important! Lately, I’ve found myself reflecting on what we […]
Month: June 2010
What do Colours Mean?
There is a wonderful chart giving an overview of what different colours mean to different cultures here. It is absolutely fascinating to see the way in which things that we might have thought to be universal are, in fact, culturally determined.
Sporting Event of the Weekend
The news today is buzzing with stories about England’s defeat by Germany in the World Cup. This means that many people are unaware of the most spectacular sporting incident of the weekend which took place at the European Grand Prix. Any other weekend, Mark Webber’s crash would have made the front page headlines. The most […]
Jesus and the Land
Gary M. Burge’s Jesus and the Land: How the New Testament transformed ‘holy land’ theology is a short book, only 130 or so pages, but its value far outweighs its size. This is a truly excellent book and one which anyone who is interested in questions about the political and theological status of the land […]
Let me admit straight away, that I’m not a great football fan; I’ll also admit that the title to this post is just a little hyperbolic! Football as a Conversation Starter Now, I may not be a great football fan, but there are many, many people who love the game and who like to talk […]
I’ve been ploughing through Participating in God: A Pastoral Doctrine of the Trinity by Paul Fiddes for some time now. In common with many books on Trinitarian theology (even those which call themselves pastoral) it is pretty hard going. It does, however, make very rewarding reading. There is much about this book that I thoroughly […]
Forty Years On
In the summer of 1970, I was in my last year at Commercial Road Junior School in Sunderland. Like this year, it was a World Cup summer and we were convinced that England would go on to triumph just as they did in 1966: and just like every four years since, we were wrong! In […]
The Psalms and Mission
The latest edition of Encounters Mission Ezine has just been released. 12 May 2010 saw the public launch of the Centre for the Study of Bible and Mission, a new Redcliffe College initiative aiming to serve the Church by engaging in research, teaching, writing and speaking on mission in the Bible, and the Bible in mission […]
Upside-Down and Inside-Out
Jesus’ call to follow him, to discover in the present time the habits of life which point forward to the coming kingdom and already, in a measure, share in its life, only makes sense when it is couched in the terms made famous by Dietrich Bonhoeffer; “Come and die.” Jesus didn’t say, as do some […]
Android or Apple?
I’ve been using my HTC Magic phone for about nine months now and it seems time that I jotted down a few thoughts about how well it compares to an iPhone. Actually, I can’t compare it to an iPhone as I don’t have one, but I can compare it to my iPod Touch, which is […]