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Maundy Thursday: Precursor to Crucifixion
A suffering servant who washes feet, breaks bread, and sweats blood in a garden: three acts that strip power of its pretensions and reveal what it costs…
The King who Rides a Donkey
A coup planned in secret, executed on a donkey: the king who comes not to conquer but to serve turns every worldly notion of power on its head.
The Cross
Jesus does not save the world by force or law or ritual; he saves it by taking full responsibility for it, at the cost of his own life.
The Suffering Servant
The one who holds all power refuses to use it as the world does: he will not break what is already bruised, nor extinguish what is barely burning.
The Passion Sunday: The Story of Bartimaeus
While the disciples argue over who sits closest to glory, a blind beggar on the roadside sees more clearly than any of them what it means to follow…
The Cost of Discipleship
Jesus is not recruiting members for a religion; he is looking for people willing to lose everything, including themselves, in order to follow him.
Transfiguration
About eight days after Jesus said this, he took Peter, John and James with him and went up onto a mountain to pray. (Lk 9:28)
Driving Out Demons: A Christian Imperative
We, as followers of Christ, are called apart, sent out with authority over all demons and to cure all diseases, therein proclaiming the sovereign rule…
“For, Evil is in their Homes and in their Hearts”
Repentance demands confronting both personal darkness and systemic evil: only by acknowledging our complicity can we move beyond sanitised piety and…
Our Calling as Christians
The early Christians believed that the Roman Empire could not do anything to them. Death did not frighten them; they knew that death could not imprison…
Christian Forgiveness
Let this Lent be a season for us to experience the forgiveness of Jesus in our life and also of extending forgiveness to others who have either wronged…
Do You Have the Will to Reach Out and Touch?
Love and power, compassion and might are combined in the person of Christ. Never separate the two. Love without power is only a sentiment; power without…
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