Michael Ramsey, in his book on the Transfiguration, distinguishes between archaism (yearning for the golden past), futurism (lost in a fantasy unrelated to reality), escapism (which scarcely needs an explanation), and transfiguration – the faith whereby “we bring the total situation as we ourselves participate in it, into a larger context which gives it new […]

John Taylor argues that the New Testament picture of the caring ministry of the followers of Christ may be summarized as follows: To notice the unnoticed. To celebrate the non-celebrities. To question the unquestioned. To empower the powerless. To put in touch the out of touch. We are often shocked by the world we live […]

Jesus came, not so much to form a new religion, but to usher in a new way of human being and relating. He does not offer us a particular way of being religious, but a universal way of being human. Deeply motivated by a profound sense of the communion we have with God and each […]