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Sunday, March 23rd, 200822 March - World Water Day
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008Photograph by RickAbbott
When I first wrote about World Water Day, upon which we remember that over one billion people in the world today lack clean drinking water, I hadn’t focused on when it falls this year: Easter Saturday, the day after Jesus was tortured to death.
We can imagine the start of that Sabbath day for […]
Bearing witness
Friday, March 21st, 2008I’ve been a member of Amnesty International for years. They do fantastic work against torture and repression, standing up for justice and truth. Membership is an easy way to feel I’m doing my bit.
For all of those years, I’ve received the regular Amnesty newsletter. Which I’ve always glanced at and dropped in the recycling, largely […]
Sunday Collection: Surrender
Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Photograph by Hypertypos
They were approaching Jerusalem, and when they reached Bethphage at the mount of Olives Jesus sent off two disciples, and told them: ‘Go into the village opposite, where you will at once find a donkey tethered with her foal beside her. Untie them, and bring them to me. If anyone says […]
Challenges
Friday, March 7th, 2008
Photograph by kookalamanza
I’m currently reading Richard Rohr’s book Simplicity, The Freedom of Letting Go. Rohr is a Franciscan priest, a well-known writer and retreat master.
I find myself both inspired and challenged by this book. He asks us to see things in different, demanding ways. He uses the teachings of Christ as his bedrock and […]
Journeys within journeys
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Photograph DavidK-Oregon
If the whole of our life is one journey, with many forks in the path, perhaps it’s easier to focus on the annual shorter journey of Lent, which begins today with Ash Wednesday.
Forty days of following in the footsteps of Christ. What does it mean? If we find it difficult to do for […]
Christian contradiction
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008A friend shared this quote recently. If (like me) you’ve often pondered the massive contraditions that make up Christianity, here they are, set out clearly:
The contrasts it embraces are extraordinary. Let us list a few of them. It has been a rather unritualistic religion, both in it’s origins and in forms such as that of […]
Divided by a common religion
Friday, January 18th, 2008I’m responsible for diversity and inclusion issues in my workplace of 600 people, and I’ve recently conducted an anonymous survey looking at, among other things, people’s religious beliefs. We want to ensure we are making sufficient provision for different faith groups in terms of our facilities and the flexibility of our working practices.
People had to […]