“A voice was heard in Rama, sobbing in bitter grief; it was Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted because they were no more” (2: 19). Much “sobbing in bitter grief” has been heard in Israel and in Gaza since October 7th.
Read moreThe Meaning of Life
One of the things that humans perpetually seem to desire is an answer to life, the universe and everything... an answer to the question, what's it all about?
Read moreThe World Jesus Came To
Jesus wasn’t born into a historical or geographical vacuum. He was born at a particular time at a particular place and we might imagine that the New Testament would provide us with this information in a clear and unequivocal way. But it doesn’t.
Read moreToo Cosy at Christmas
“I suppose that most of us like our Christmas to be a cosy time, and, for most of us it probably is – although we know well enough that this isn’t so for all too many today.”
Read moreThe Fast of Advent
The Christian fast of Advent is traditionally a time of preparation for the feast of Christmas, the festival of the Nativity. Advent is supposed to be a solemn time, not the hyper-commercial hullabaloo that can make Christmas into an anti-climax by the time it finally arrives.
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