Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 34
…the problem is that the Gospel is indeed a ‘mere’ message – a simple word. God loves us, what are we to do about it?
We can add nothing to this love, for that would simply diminish its perfection.
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Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 33
Pride in the fact that God has been gracious to us is nonsensical, arrogant, futile, and destructive of the Good News.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 32
Yes, religious people must allow their faith to add salt to public life… but public politics is not the ground whereon a personal faith can be prosecuted. When that happens we all too often end up, to Screwtape’s glee and delight, using our faith as a convenience for our own personal preference instead of building the Realm of God.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 31
Silence, lived and felt well, is not emptiness; it is the musical accompaniment to the whispers of God’s love.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 30
…. I have learnt that when I give myself over to being ‘His’ I finally discover what it is to be ‘me’.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 29
The lesson I need to learn, and perhaps a few other readers who like me allow themselves to be hag-ridden by their vocations, is the one about to whom my time and days really belongs…
Lux, Vita, Caritas – A Sermon for the 5th Sunday of Lent
Little by little, act of kindness by act of kindness, teardrop by teardrop, we, often seen as the powerless, have the possibility and the power to transform rejection, prejudice and judgment into ‘Something Beautiful for God’
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 26
When did we ever think that destroying and belittling someone else’s devotion, ritual, or way of prayer would help us grow any closer to God? Screwtape and his minions have certainly been hard at work!
Resisting the Prowling Lion – Day 25
The Word of God IS living and active and, if we but let it, it will pierce our souls and transform our hearts. But for that to happen both listener and preacher must be willing to be wounded by the Word.
Resisting the Prowling Lion – 40 Day 24
I know if I moved away from ‘the big church’ of my boarding school years any growth I gained would be for me, myself, and me alone – an unholy trinity if ever there were one!
Suffolk Vicar 