Wolfgang Simson in Melbourne

House church leader Wolfgang Simson is in Melbourne very soon – www.simplechurch.lifeexpedition.org.
I don’t know what to make of him myself – prophetic, crazy or both?

Our corrupted consciences

I like to think I have a good sense of right and wrong and when my conscience screams at me, I really am doing something wrong. But I have this fear – indeed, knowledge – that our consciences are conditioned by all sorts of things, not all of them God.
This week a colleague told the [...]

Henri Nouwen and the air force

I heard some theological students talking the other day, a little younger than me, and first they were talking about how they might join the air force, and then they were talking about how great Henri Nouwen is. And I don’t know what to think, because it’s it’s so much more complicated when people do [...]

Banishing art from the church

Reading an English history book, I was disturbed by the account of Puritans smashing statues in the churches and whitewashing paintings of Bible scenes. The book is by Roy Strong, a Catholic, and so he has his bias, but it sounds to me like a terrible thing to do.
It made me wonder if it is [...]

Footwashing, rituals and the monarchy

12When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. 13“You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, [...]