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As the world struggles to visualise and commit to a way of living that will foster abundance, peace, justice and respect for all life, we...

This text, like all the texts we have considered in the last few weeks, is really quite shocking in number of ways: Jesus is explaining...

Jesus loves the young man who is being asked to give up everything in order to follow and the young man is very sad when he feels unable...

St Francis lived 800 years ago and yet his life and teachings seem very contemporary in many ways. Like all saints his life is surrounded...

Jesus, as remembered by Mark’s gospel, seems to delight in scandalising us by who is included and valued by God. (Nineteenth Sunday after...

This week we learn, with and through Peter and the disciples, the true identity of Jesus the Holy One of God, or Messiah. And this...

It seems that living into the larger more inclusive heart and mind of God’s vision is not easy and that, dare we say it, even Jesus...

The story of John the Baptist, especially the story of his ending, is very disconcerting. (RCL Mark 6:14-29) There is something about...

When Jesus makes his way back to his home town they are amazed and offended and consequently Jesus could do no act of power among them....

Jesus did much of his teaching with parables which were filled with everyday images and yet confoundingly challenging and provocative....

Watching the evening news, preparing for extended family gatherings, or parish meetings it is hard not to be aware of the divisions...

Jesus said: “It is for your own good that I go away – for if I do not go away you will not receive the Advocate, the helper, for your...