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Monthly Archives: December 2011
The Good Samaritan – a perspective by Amy-Jill Levine
I have just received the BAR for Jan/Feb 2012 Amy-Jill Levine shares with the readers a few ideas on the Good Samaritan parable. The following is in her view a summary of four wrong interpretations for different segments of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy-Jill Levine, Biblical Archeologival Review, Good Samaritan, Jesus, Jew, Levite, Priest, Robin Hood, Roman, Temple
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prayer
I said: father, there are not enough trees around to build your boat. This one is mine, and I grew fond of it. I travelled round and round until the whale of time has swallowed me a thousand times and … Continue reading
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To the right and left of ecumenical rituals
The pressure from her grown-up daughter to make an effort and decorate the house for Christmas and the memories from attending Philip Gould’s, the pollster who helped to create new Labour, funeral gave Jenni Russell the opportunity to share with … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, God, Jenni Russell, Religion Spirituality, Ritual, Sunday Times
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To make sense of sensible men
I thoroughly enjoyed today’s text in the Opinion section of the Times by Matthew Parris, text titled “Stand up for your faith: tolerance isn’t enough”. Stopping at the title would be misleading as it would give the idea of … Continue reading
A short-cut to the fast lane – give church a chance
Fat Pastor is a blogger I have just discovered. The name doesn’t say it all, very little in fact. Better check it out following the link or, at least, give the next samples a try: Here When I think of the … Continue reading
early morning prayer
I’ll try to guess How stuff works I’ll wait for You here To tell me Why
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Christ mass appeal
Another thorn in the Atheists Anonymous crown. However hard one is trying one cannot get rid of the ghost especially when he is loaded to the brim with gifts. This year we have a very simple but dramatic idea. To … Continue reading
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Tagged Biblical Magi, Christ, Christianity, Christmas, Jesus, Swarovski
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The Invisible Friend abroad
As it happens I was thinking today about how the obsession for one single book might send one to the terrible country of Schizophrenia. There are people for real who are living (or trying to live) their life by the … Continue reading
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Tagged agnostic, atheism, Christian, Imaginary friend, Jesus, Religion and Spirituality, Schizophrenia
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heavenly father
I know my place now meanwhile You take a chair get closer to me and fill up the air
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According to Sam 