The full moon lit the way as their feet shuffled down the city streets, through the gate and out into the garden. Initially a cordial discussion perfumed the atmosphere but that was soon substituted by the sound similar to that of students walking into an exam room. No words were uttered; the only talking was…
We are so quick to say “You don’t understand what I’m going through”, when people try to empathise with us. Especially if it comes from someone older than us, and they direct us to the bible. Our main argument for not listening is the fact that we think things were different back then. However, no…
One of the Bible’s distinctive catch-cries is “Don’t be afraid.” Often, it’s the necessary greeting that begins interactions between God and humanity, particularly almost every time an angel appears in a Bible story. For example, “Don’t be afraid” is a recurring motif around the birth of Jesus (see Luke 1:13; 1:30; and 2:10), contradicting the…
If You Can Eat . . . You Can Make Disciples Sharing Faith in a Multi-Faith World Peter Roennfeldt In a recent interview, Christian cultural commentator Jonathan Merritt suggested that “most people today aren’t anti-Christian, they’re anti-jerk.” Yet too many of the louder Christian voices that many in our communities hear are those that…