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transforming society
“Students of social change tell us that it is better to aim at consensus within a strategic minority rather than to waste time and breath at soliciting the conformity of the majority. Since a movement...
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ekklesia: why exist?
Imagine for a second that the CEO of a business decides to expand the company. He takes a group of fairly plain workers and trains them for the purpose of eventually leading this planned expansion. He...
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what is a “fisher of men”?
Mark 1:17 and Matthew 4:19, in which Jesus calls Andrew and Peter to be “fishers of men”, is a well-trodden piece of biblical narrative, at least as heard from the pulpit. Many a preacher has exhorted...
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what is eternal life?
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16 is possibly the most famous verse in the Bible. It is so often...
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mental disability and praying for logie awards
Last night I went along to a church service with friends while staying in Brisbane. The group I joined was made up of 60% people with mental disabilities. I was told that a number of the people present...
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q&r: luke 19 and the parable of the minas
A Facebook message I received today read simply: Luke 19 – parable of the 10 Minas. Please explain? Straightforward. I like that. The Parable of the Ten Minas is a well-known parable whose popular...
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“there’s always hope!”: pete seeger on hope for peace
From Fr. John Dear in his book Put Down Your Sword: For years, one of my friends, the legendary folksinger Pete Seeger, has questioned friends and audiences who feel hopeless. “In the early 1970s,” he...
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jesus the gardener: an easter sunday reflection
Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the...
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