Death is a natural human fear. A terror of the unknown and we all must face it. None of us chose to be born and none of us can choose whether we die, but die we must. Terror is the right word too. Terror Management Theory reveals some important insights. From a 2015 book entitled... Continue Reading →
In our secret yearningswe wait for your coming,and in our grinding despairwe doubt that you will. And in this privileged placewe are surrounded by witnesses who yearn more than do weand by those who despair more deeply than do we. Look upon your church and its pastorsin this season of hopewhich runs so quickly to... Continue Reading →
"Like a tragedy, [the life and crucifixion of Jesus] stirs up pity and terror in us. Like a tragedy it requires us to contemplate the world’s darkness. Like a tragedy, it draws attention to waste. It shows us a life that need not have been extinguished being extinguished, without particular malice, by the normal processes... Continue Reading →
Many people will be in despair and hopelessness. Asking: Where is the hope in the midst of such unusual events worldwide? The Apostle Paul said that ‘Love never fails’ (1 Cor 13:8). He went on to say, “these three remain: faith, hope and love. And the greatest of these is love” (v.13). I’ll... Continue Reading →
BBC Radio Devon – Pause for Thought: Storm Centres During the Pause for Thought recently, I’ve been talking about 7 places I have been to: Storm-centres of history. Today, we will go to Beirut and the West Bank. One of my most important objects is a large iron key. I bought it from a Palestinian Christian... Continue Reading →
One hundred years ago today, a mischievous political promise gave rise to a mischievous political creed: The Balfour Declaration of 1917. "His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use its best endeavours to facilitate the achievement of this object, it being clearly... Continue Reading →
The following is a note by the President of Bethlehem Bible College, Jack Sara, on the current troubles engulfing the West Bank and Gaza. It was published on the excellent 'Come and See - a Christian web site from Nazareth'. This post is re-printed here with the personal permission of Jack, a faithful Christian, a... Continue Reading →
I offer the poem below that I have stumbled across recently, not as one who finds sleep easy but one who doesn't. That means, given the poem's content, I struggled to wrestle with the starkness of some of the comments. I think the point is true to all poetry, that we do not get lost... Continue Reading →
This is stunning..... Subversive Preaching in a Postmodern World - A Targum based on Colossians 1:15-20 by Brian J Walsh In an image-saturated world, a world of ubiquitous corporate logos permeating your consciousness, a world of dehydrated and captive imaginations in which we are too numbed, satiated and co-opted, to be able to dream of... Continue Reading →
Michael Leunig
Gralefrit Theology 