Lent

Rediscovering Jesus on the Cross: Lent 2024

26 Mar 2024

As we come to the end of Lent and prepare our hearts for Easter, it’s time for us to look back at our journey of rediscovery so far. At the start of Lent, I invited us to open our hearts to the possibility of encountering Jesus in places and situations we don’t expect - I hope that if you have...

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Face to Face with Jesus: Lent 2024

19 Mar 2024

Face to Face with Jesus

Since the earliest days of the church, Christians have depicted Jesus in art. From AD 300 the familiar image of a bearded man with long hair began to emerge, which is still prominent even in much contemporary art.  Images often reflect the ethnicity of the...

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Meeting Jesus Through Rest: Lent 2024

12 Mar 2024

To be able to see Jesus with fresh eyes, it is very helpful to be well rested. The need to rest is both natural and sacred, but often it doesn't come easily. Jesus slept during the storm (Mark 4:38), but also almost every single day in his full humanity. There are countless verses about finding...

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Who’s That Guy Shouting At A Fig Tree: Lent 2024

6 Mar 2024

As the Son of God, the fully human, fully divine physical incarnation of the Almighty, Jesus is perfect. But in His perfection, it is sometimes difficult to relate to Jesus - to truly embrace the ‘fully human’ side of the Jesus equation. This is why I love the story of Jesus shouting at a fig...

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Meeting Jesus in Psychoanalysis: Lent 2024

27 Feb 2024

Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ

 Galatians 6:2

Psychoanalysis is an intensive therapeutic treatment invented by Sigmund Freud (1857-1939), that aims to make unconscious processes conscious.

I started...

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The Gospels are Queer: Lent 2024

20 Feb 2024

Reading the story of Jesus through a queer lens and exploring the possibility of seeing me and my experience reflected back in millennia-old sacred text is what has returned my faith back to me. Getting to explore text and ask ‘how would this change if I make it gay?’ is a new hobby. Here are a...

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Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time: Lent 2024

14 Feb 2024

“Believing in Jesus does not mean believing doctrines about him. Rather, it means to give one’s heart, oneself at its deepest level, to the post-Easter Jesus who is the living Lord, the side of God turned toward us, the face of God, the Lord who is also the Spirit. Believing in Jesus...

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Downloadable VaLENTines

13 Feb 2024

To mark the historic Valentines' Day Ash Wednesday merger, we've created some downloadable VaLENTtines' Cards to share with your favorite mortal! This holiday season remind your loved ones that they are dust, and to dust they will return.

Easter Journeys

11 Apr 2019

Lent is one of my favourite times of year. I’ve used it to challenge myself for a long time now, often with impacts that last; five years ago I gave up meat for Lent and I’m still a vegetarian now! I love the notion of the journey towards Easter, and lent is a great time to try and get away and ...

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You Can't Buy Lent

10 Apr 2019

Is lent a journey? Is it something we need to suffer through in order to be good Christians? Is it simply a time of year, or just a period of time before Easter Sunday? Is it a second chance to succeed at the diet we abandoned in January? I’ve heard people say all of these things and more. Most...

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