Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 11
Can privilege and wealth ever be used in the service of Righteousness?
Francis was a Rich Young Ruler who showed us a way of using all that we have to serve all those whom God loves.
Category: Church of England
A Case of Heartburn
There is a world of difference between heartburn and our hearts ‘burning’ within us.
One is to do with over-indulgence and greed, the other demands we get even more involved in the process of giving our lives and our hearts away
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 10
Speaking out for justice and peace is not easy work and it is difficult to do it and still be cheerful. Yet, it is only as we reach for the joy ahead of us that we are able to find the strength to endure the persecution of the present.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 9
In following Christ there is no room for prejudice or discrimination against any who are ‘different’ in any way.
As the Sunday School song reminds us ‘All are precious in his sight’ and so everyone must be precious to us as well
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 8
Life would be much easier if we could pick and choose who we are called to care for, to forgive, and to cherish. Following in Christ’s footsteps demands that we even forgive and save those whom we don’t like and who dislike us.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 7
If we are honest we cannot ‘make’ anybody into a disciple of Christ, that is the work of the Holy Spirit. All we can do is to live lives that are so transformed by the Gospel of Christ that people want something of what we have.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 6
Telling other people our beliefs is not easy, and when we do we need to do so with love and care but it is a task that must be done or how else will people know who we are?
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 5
It is a common is conception to think that Poverty, Chastity, and Obedience are the calling of those who live a vowed life in a Religious Community. All of us, in our Baptism Promises, make similar vows and each of us needs to discern what their call on our life demands
Don’t Touch – words for Low Sunday
The old chorus exhorts us to ‘Reach out and touch the Lord’ but we live in a time when touching brings death instead of life. How do we still sing ‘Alleluia’ at the beginning of an Easter that feels more like Lent.
Walking in the Footsteps of Christ – Day 4
We cannot become ourselves by ourself. We all need community to be a mirror for However, if we make it difficult for that community to be open to all sorts of people it become as an echo chamber which stunts our growth.
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