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Father’s thought.
Carried on His Breath
became
a Word
formed in flesh
The Word was
ubiquitous.
Too powerful
to live
in time.
Too gracious
to refuse
to touch the ground.
Yet the Word was
eternal,
as the thought
as the breath,
that formed life
from the ground.
On the ground,
life
muffled,
misunderstood,
graffitied,
strangled,
the breath.
Deconstructed
The Word.
Flesh
crucified
flesh.
Wiped out
removed
crossed out
The Word.
But the Word
could never be
forgotten
reconfigured
re-thought
Because it is
Eternal
As God Himself

Among some of the most difficult religious ideas for 21st century people to understand are the reasons given to them for the death of Jesus Christ.
We Christians think because we repeat a piece of scripture it will make sense to anyone who hears it or reads it.
Now I realise that [...]

Your Mouse is Fast
We all know that we are living in a fast moving world. If we knew just how fast perhaps it would scare us all to death. I guess the greatest impact of speed on all of our lives over the past twenty years has been the meteoric rise of the internet. [...]

I find it strange that people who never go to church and know very little about the things of the faith want to participate in the idea of giving something up for Lent. I’m sure that there is a sense in which many people feel they have so much and they feel guilty [...]

Last year we put together a challenge for people to sign up to on their mobile phones. It was part of our Chocolate Sunday theme it was really quite successful so we’ve got it running again. check it out on the Sanctuary First web site.
Chocolate Sunday is all about debunking the idea that [...]

I came across this quote from Mother Theresa I thought it was worth noting.

“People are often, unreasonable,
illogical, and self- centred
Forgive them anyway
If you are kind people may acuse you
of selfish ulterior motive.
Be kind anyway
If you are successful you will win some
false friends and true enemies
Succeed anyway
If you are honest and frank
people may cheat [...]

Recently i’ve met so many people who are just struggling to stay on their feet, but they want so much more from life. They don’t want to give up but hey don’t know how to stay up. This post is for them.
Holding your nerve. Getting up in the morning to face the day. Engaging [...]

Just back from spending an overnight at St Mary’s Momastery, Kinoull, Perthshire. As part of the Sanctuary First development group we were working. It was a really enjoyable time. I’m sure we’ve made some good progress.
We talked a lot last night
Thinking out loud
Maybe too loud
Questioning
What would be allowed
Searching
Trying to reach out
To touch
To grasp
ideas beyond [...]

Well its another working day and I’m back at my desk. This time last week I was walking around Lima doing a bit of shopping and having a coffee before catching the plane. Anyway it all seems a long time ago – when you get back into the cut and thrust of parish [...]

Following on from my last post. I wonder if the Christian Community in he UK and in Scotland needs to be more pro-active to support and encourage Christians to live out the Gospel in the workplace. I really don’t think we need to be over zealous and be “in people’s face” because there are always [...]