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This is become something of a running theme with me. I wrote some more prayers long and short for help with mental health problems - incluing issues of addiction. I don't really want to go into the ins and outs of my own situation. Maybe suffice it to say: too much attempt at self-reliance...

Hi. I've been thinking over the last week or so about how you must become as a child to enter heaven. I've written a few pieces. I suppose I have been contrasting my sense of myself as an adult now (I am 49) with how I was when I was a child - which I hardly remember - and as a teenager - when I...

I wrote a piece about praying to Jesus and also Mary for help with alcohol. This is quite personal, and this is the first bit of what I wrote today. I am especially struck with the thought of asking for help from a higher power - acknowledging that a part of the problem is my attempt at...

Hi I wrote this essay today. I was trying to simplify all the theology down to a basic narrative implying prayer - with the thought of prayerful preparation for Pentecost. My idea was to draw upon what others have said and to say very little myself - beyond the actual prayers. I found it...

Hey. With Holy Week coming up, I thought I'd write some meditations. I find this helpful to me - I mean the writing - and at the same time the praying. I put them up on my website. I find myself particularly drawn to meditation upon Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. I don't know why, but I find...

Begin in Nazareth. Take it from there. Enjoy! By the way, you'll find people telling you that Nazareth was a made-up town and that Nazareth is a corruption of Nazarene - and so on. This is bull-twaddle. xOl

Hi. I've been working on my website - so this is shameless self-publicity and I hope you guys and gals engage with my work etc. That said, in the context of Lent, I've been reading a book called Between Cross And Resurrection: A Theology Of Holy Saturday. Look it up. It is astonishing - and I...

That's beautiful.

No - your argument misses the point - the point of Jesus Christ, the point of Truth. The point is to disturb. The point is for Jesus to be throwing all over the place the benches of the money-lenders in the Temple. The point is that when Jesus' followers followed Jesus into Jerusalem, they were...

And how do we ascertain the truth and help others to do so? So much that is evil in this world is in political and economic power and claims Jesus - while revelling in the love of money and in environmental and human and social destruction. So many of those doing most wrong claim the Gospel.

I was thinking that the Bible as a whole is the word of God - and Jesus the Word incarnate. That does not mean we are supposed to look to the Bible texts as being 'literally' true. This would entail a rather bizarre set of misreadings, impositions and category errors. The Bible is inspired...

Hi. The New Vulgate is the official Latin text - which replaces the old/original Vulgate. The Greek Septuagint is a worthy source, and includes books which are not found in the Hebrew Bible. In each region/language, there will be a version of the Bible which is used in church at Mass. So, for...

Hi. I'd start by recommending/choosing a good translation. My favourite by far in modern English is the RSV - Revised Standard Version. It is very clear and yet captures something of the rhythms of the King James Version. It is theologically orthodox/correct. For first readings, I'd tend to...

So I wanted to clarify in my own mind who the various Herods were. This is what I came up with. I hope this may be useful to others. Here it is: There were several individuals named Herod who played significant roles in ancient history, particularly in the history of the Roman Empire and the...

This is a little bit ahead of time. I just think it's beautiful though. My audio here: Oliver Peers It is stunning - this bit. xOl Luke 1: 26-38 – 4th Sunday of Advent Year B, also 20th December Weekday (Audio Bible, Spoken Word) 26 And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God...

Hey. I've been posting my readings of and reflections upon the parables of Jesus. What I have been doing is to articulate for myself the parables as the herald of Jesus and the Kingdom. I'd appreciate all feedback. Here is a thought and here is a link: [Here is a link to my audio - my...

Hi I've been putting together some audio daily Bible verses with a devotional reflection for Advent. I hope you might like to read. Here is the url for this reflection, where the audio can be heard: https://wordaloud.co.uk/audio/kjv/d...is-baptized/audio-bible-lectio-divina-advent/ I'm...