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Illness and Incarnation
My feet have been up for most of today. I had some minor surgery yesterday, and if I stand for too long, my bruised big toes start to throb. Did Jesus’ side wound throb when he had walked for too long? When he reached Emmaus was he holding on to the flesh above his hip,…
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Change 2!
My husband and I watched The Two Popes (2019) last weekend, and so much about that film has stuck with me. Too much for one post alone, so here is the third (and last) of a mini-series of posts on different elements raised by the film. “Nothing is static in nature, in the universe, not…
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Change
My husband and I watched The Two Popes (2019) last weekend, and so much about that film has stuck with me. Too much for one post alone, so here is the second of a mini-series of posts on different elements raised by the film. “Change is compromise” – Pope Benedict XVI, from The Two Popes,…
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A Prayer for Sunday 10th May
As we gather dispersed today, as we find church in our own ways today, as we negotiate this new normal at a time of renewed uncertainty around the weeks to come. God, be with us. As we seek to self care, as we strive to balance work and life, as we stay at home craving…
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Mercy
My husband and I watched The Two Popes (2019) last weekend, and so much about that film has stuck with me. Too much for one post alone, so here is the first of a mini-series of posts on different elements raised by the film. “Mercy is the dynamite that breaks walls” – Cardinal Bergoglio, from…
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Where Church Is?
Today I went to church. But I wasn’t in church. I was on my street. In the UK we remember Victory in Europe (VE) Day on May 8th, remembering the day the Second World War ended as Germany surrendered to the Allies. Our usual Bank Holiday on the first Monday in May had been moved…
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Deconstructing Church 