by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 16, 2025 | P.S.
I was brought up in a church where the church ‘calendar’ was regarded as really quite unimportant – apart from Christmas and Easter. Lent and Pentecost were rarely mentioned, and even Christmas and Easter focussed on the culmination of the period, with little...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Mar 25, 2025 | P.S.
Seek the peace and prosperity of the city… because if it prospers, you too will prosper (Jeremiah 29:7). Or in the words of an ancient proverb: The security of the little person is based on the security of the great person; the security of the great person is based on...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Mar 18, 2025 | P.S.
The Omagh Bombing Inquiry has been sitting over the last few weeks. It has been harrowing to listen or read what have been described as “commemorative hearings” which have reminded us how the twenty-nine people who perished and the many injured were individuals simply...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Feb 13, 2025 | P.S.
In the beginning, two humans. Created by God, they gaze at one another. With wonder. With Joy, Curiosity, Excitement and Enchantment. We see this enacted repeatedly when people fall in love. That wonder. The “you and me” becoming an “us.” Self and Other, with grace...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Feb 11, 2025 | P.S.
“Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion…” and God saw that it was good. (Genesis 1) Does racism matter? Many churches feel that racism is not something they need to consider: their congregations are kind and...
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