Hope not Optimism   Is your glass half full or half empty?  An optimist will, of course, say “half-full”.  In so doing, they are...

Hope in our Contemporary world   In our modern Western society, Hope is often confused with positive thinking. But Christian hope is...

The Holy Spirit assists Christians in living out the virtue of hope.   Few would disagree with the bold statement that we are living in...

The Theological Virtues   We live in a complex and messy world. There is racism, wars and invasions, a changing climate, a cost-of-living...

The Limp and the Blessing   I came across a refreshing alternative reading to the story of God wrestling with Jacob, an angle I had never...

The Hebrew Meaning of the Name Israel   Biblical Hebrew is a wonderfully rich and mysterious language, but it is not one that is not so...

What Was the Shape of Jesus’ Cross?   There is an abundance of information available to assist us in gaining some insights into the...

Our Christian origins remind us of the need for courageous faith   The Bible has shown no interest in giving us a description of what...

Our world is replete with empty hopes   I grew up in a world where hope prevailed.  I lived in hope, setting off each Saturday with hope...

Hope is all about what God is doing   The Psalms are awash with hope, as are the biblical prophets.   Isaiah 40:31   But they who wait...

With the start of a new church, just about everyone is unified because there is a shared, clear end goal in sight. Discomforts could...

When the disciples asked Jesus to teach them to pray, he taught them one, single prayer.  That prayer came to be called “the Lord’s...

I n 2007 the then Pope Benedict XVI issued a letter called Spe Salvi, the first two words of the full title: in hope we are saved . The...

I was blessed to have had a challenging, wide-ranging academic and theological education during a time of great theological upheavals and...

The Oxford movement  found its name because it was centred at the University of Oxford .  Its goal was to reclaim the ancient “catholic,”...

There are always questions that arise each year when it comes to the season of Lent, even if we do celebrate it year after year: What is...

Document Summary: The document details the influence of the New Left on societal institutions, comparing their strategy to Mao's Long...

At every forward step and movement, at every going in and out, when we put on our clothes and shoes, when we bathe, when we sit at table,...

The Oxford movement  found its name because it was centred at the University of Oxford .  It’s goal was to reclaim the ancient...

Myth vs. Truth: Bible vs Science and Stories   The heading at the top of the page comes with apologies to George Gershwin  and his...