Rev. Thomas John

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Backsliding: An Ever Recurring Possibility for the Church
The disciples abandon their mission for fishing. Jesus restores them through shared fellowship, renewing the church's calling to continue his work in…
Witnessing to the Risen Christ
Peter and John healed a lame man and faced persecution for it. Their witness to the risen Christ came through courage, defiance of earthly authority…
On the Road to Emmaus
When disciples fail to recognise the risen Christ walking beside them, Jesus interprets scripture and breaks bread. A meditation on blindness…
Easter
Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. But what does Easter mean for us now, in this world of suffering? On resurrection, redemption, and the way of the…
The Word of Peace
Jesus dies as he lived—in prayer, trust, aliveness. He unravels life's secret: willingness to lose it. Our death must witness Christ. The centurion's…
The Word of Victory
Crucifixion is accomplishment, not failure. Jesus stakes his life for God's future. Faith is conviction that nothing blocks history's movement toward…
The Word of Deprivation and Want
Jesus exposes vulnerability as intimacy. He represents the denied, deprived, thirsty. His cry demands transformation. Those who hunger and thirst for…
The Word of Despair
Jesus enters God-forsakenness alongside humanity. God's presence is suffering love—weak, powerless, yet standing with us in history. Cruciform existence…
The Word of New Obligations
From the Cross, Jesus expands family beyond blood. The Church becomes a community of those doing God's will, obligated to orphans, widows, and the…
The Word of Promise
A criminal, repentant and undeserving, enters paradise immediately. Jesus affirms coronation is suffering love, not triumph. Paradise is present…
The Word of Forgiveness
At the moment of extremest agony, Jesus prays for those crucifying him. Ignorance defines human sin. Yet forgiveness alone reconciles. The Cross demands…
Seven Words from the Cross
Good Friday demands more than sympathy or spectacle. At the foot of the Cross, are we willing to weep for ourselves and our children?
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