I’ve found another good source of translations for the early church fathers: the Patristics project. In general, I’d ignore their blog and look instead at…
Posted: 31 October 2019
Categories: Christianity, Theology
Month: October 2019
Posted: 31 October 2019
Categories: Lectionary, Life
When I was young, I found proverbs hard, harsh, unloving. I thought that one’s motivation for good would cover much and you would be able…
Posted: 30 October 2019
If the Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of any age, then those of the ages before and to come are ignored. To our peril. Prophets…
Posted: 30 October 2019
Categories: Lectionary
We do not need the law of Moses or the teachings of Christ to damn us. The standards of our nation and the judgements of…
Posted: 29 October 2019
Categories: Poetry
More Eliot. More of the first quartet: Burnt Norton. The term twittering has more meaning in these days, as it is now branded, monetized, and…
Posted: 29 October 2019
Categories: Lectionary
The problem in these days is two fold. The first is that being a shepherd requires that you stand up to the spirits of this…
Posted: 28 October 2019
Categories: Life
It is late spring in NZ, and we are starting to have pwe are starting to have bush fires where we have not cleared the…
Posted: 28 October 2019
Categories: Lectionary
Today, in NZ, is Labour Day. It is a public holiday — celebrating the limitation of work to a reasonable and sustainable number of hours…
Posted: 27 October 2019
Categories: Poetry
Over the last two weeks we have been visiting and being visited by our parent’s generation: now in their ninth decade. They are all still…
Posted: 27 October 2019
Categories: Lectionary
Look not at the circumstances of the day. There are those who counsel despair, quoting the voice of the people or the new laws that…