Bishop's Stortford College Chaplain, teacher of EPT, life long learner, enjoy baking and offering food for thought. Views expressed are my own.
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Jesus is a problem-chaser. He wants our problems. Not so he can make everything look nice and smell pretty again. He doesn’t walk around throwing handfuls of rose petals on people’s heads and singing kumbaya.
Instead, he gives us something better, deeper, longer-lasting. He gives us hope. He takes away our shame. He gives us a reason to live that’s bigger than ourselves.
He doesn’t solve our problems. He makes them his own. He sinks into our pain. He’ll hear the doctor’s bad diagnosis with us. He’ll sit with us when we binge watch YouTube because we’re too depressed to do anything else. And he’ll gradually bend our heads upward from staring at our own navels to look him in the eye.
In those eyes we see love—not a feel-good love of pop songs. His is an ironclad love. Love that won’t leave when we shove him away. Love that won’t go away when we puke our guts out over stress. Love that is stubborn, immovable, rooted in the very heart of God.
I really wish he’d just throw all our problems into some cosmic black hole. But I guess he’s too smart for that. Or too good for that. Instead, he co-opts them. He takes our boatloads of hurt and disappointment, all our stupid decisions, all our me-centered actions and nails them to his own body.
You can’t get more committed than that.
YES AND AMEN.
The Audacity of Calling God “Father”
If I call God “God” I speak truthfully.
If I call God “Lord” I speak submissively.
If I call God “King” I speak servilely.
But if I dare to call God “my Father,” I speak with a brassy audacity, chutzpah, that is shockingly familiar and intimate. So it seems anyway.
You dare to call the Master of the Universe “Father”?
You dare to call the One who controls heaven and hell “Father”?
You call the Omnipotent one “Father”?
Who do you think you are?
It is difficult to imagine a more audacious act than to stand before the Creator of the world and to name him “Father.” And mean it. And not only to mean it, but to act and speak as a child acts and speaks before a loving and doting Dad.
It’s shocking. It’s exhilarating.
And it’s beautiful beyond words.
But here’s a secret: it’s not really chutzpah. It’s not some brassy boldness that we work ourselves into, nor it is gained by swallowing a bottle of liquid spiritual courage, as it were.
To call God “Father” is simply to live in the space which Jesus created. To move from residing far from God as his enemy; or on the other side of town from him as a stranger; or down the street as an acquaintance; or in an adjoining house as a servant; and to move into our own bedroom as a child in his family. To wake up in the morning and see our Father sipping a cup of coffee and saying, “Good morning, my child,” as we respond, “Good morning, Father.”
You see, when we live in this house, when we move into the room built by Jesus, we inhabit the home not merely of a Master or Lord or King, but the one who’s given us his name and made us his own, now and forever.
“Our Father”: two of the most amazing words ever uttered.
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Assemblies this week enlightened kids about how the symbolism & Christian liturgy of the coronation is the foundation of UK society. I hope folks will look beyond the glitz to see the ideals behind it. A King fulfilling a promise to serve rather than be served deserves allegiance
Nick Cave answers critics of his coronation attendance.
(Whatever you think of the Royals, refusing to benchmark youthful dissent is 100% the correct outlook).
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I wish I'd seen this before I gave my Easter address on forgiveness earlier this week!
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u5th - Thinking of and praying for you all as you start your mocks. Try your best but remember they are only mocks. Mistakes are part of the learning process.
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This so resonates with my teenage years! As always Glen, delivered with insight, humour and power.
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Beautiful words. Beautiful images. Wonderful story.
How do you tell the story of the Bible in 4 minutes? Over to you, Dai Woolridge!
PS: Share with your friends and connections who want to know more about the Bible.
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Sign of the Times?
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What might the death of the Queen mean for the nation?
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Mourning the loss of #QueenElizabeth
Thanking God for her leadership and example.
Thoughts and prayers for all who share in the great sense of loss at the passing of our Queen, Elizabeth the Great. Her steadfastness, sense of duty, compassion and faith have been an example to us all. God rest you, your Majesty.
Thinking of all those waiting for GCSE results this morning. Remember that the grades do not define who are you or what you're worth.
A thoughtful interview that raise some interesting points about the sexual revolution from a non-religious perspective. A level students might want to read her book.
Consent is not enough. Watch our fascinating discussion with Louise Perry about her new book 'The Case Against the Sexual Revolution'.
youtu.be/zg7oysCEQ28
