What is the connection between Jesus' name and the number eight? Why was it significant that Jesus was raised on the eighth ...

I would like to start a campaign, and it begins today: we should prohibit all use of the word 'church'. I suppose I should qualify that a little: we should prohibit the use of the word "church" in the ...

In the modern world, we live in an age of abundance of texts, and therefore we have to consider carefully the culture of the first century, and their very different relation to texts, when reading the ...

The Sunday lectionary gospel for Trinity 8 in Year C is from Luke 12.32–40, and offers a slightly odd selection of verses, in that it includes the end of one section of Jesus' teaching—on trusting God ...

The gospel lectionary reading for Trinity 8 in this Year C is Luke 12.32-40. It brings together two teachings of Jesus, which appear to be paradoxical, or at least in some tension. On the one hand, we ...