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My elderly relatives first fled for their lives in 1948. In Gaza right now they are walking the Nakba again Ghada Ageel Familiar story. 1948 terrorises both Israelites and Palestinians, the colonial gift that keeps on giving. Spent last night … Read More »
Mark 1:1-8 Today is Advent Two and our focus is on peace. What an appropriate idea to focus on in a world which is demonstrably not at peace. War, violence, conflict, and confrontation has broken out on every continent. It … Read More »
Luke 6:27-38 Last Sunday we gathered here with a large number of people from other faiths and cultures. Many of these groups have, in the past and for some, the not so distant past, been at war with each other, … Read More »
On Wednesday we had a new person at our service. A local, he had come in for coffee last week and, afterwards, came into the church. He explained that as he did he was aware of this church as a … Read More »
Luke 3:1-6 In 1962 Thomas Merton wrote the following an an essay in the Commonweal journal entitled ‘Nuclear War and the Christian”: “We are no longer living in a Christian world……..Today a non-Christian world still retains a few vestiges … Read More »
(John 20:19-31) Susan R. Andrews writes when I was a student: “When I was in seminary, Doubting Thomas was my soul mate. Jesus kept “appearing ” to my fellow students within the rich stories of the Christian tradition. But like … Read More »
(Mark 15:9-47) James Hillman, a archetypal psychologist, wrote a book called ‘The Terrible Love of War’, exploring humanity’s simultaneous attraction and aversion to war. The chapters of his book have the following titles: ‘War is Normal’, ‘War is Inhuman’, ‘War … Read More »
As some of you know I just returned from the 11th International Thomas Merton Society Conference in Rochester USA and the usual response when I say this is a blank look translated as “Who?” I could say that he was … Read More »