I have a four-year-old daughter, who performed in her first school nativity last week. She played the role of Angel Number 1, which I suspect means ‘1 of many’ but I like to think it means ‘number 1 angel.’ Each kid gets one line to perform, and my daughter has been practicing hers for months….
Tag: incarnation
How to Reach your Context
What is contextualisation and how should we do it? A recording from a recent online hangout for The Broadcast Network (video)
Babies and Bubble Wrap
If you’ve never sung Christmas carols whilst holding a baby, I highly recommend the experience. Beg, borrow or steal one. (Please don’t steal one!)
Love Made Visible (1 John 4:7-19)
What is love? How can we know it? And how do we get round the problem of the invisibility of God? A talk on 1 John 4:7-19 (mp3)
Everybody Needs a Deity for a Pillow
Reflections on 1 John 1 and ‘touching the face of God.’
Life, Light and Love (1 John 1:1-2:2)
This talk looks at the offer of life, the problem of light and the solution of love in 1 John 1-2 (mp3)
The Divine Whisperer (Hebrews 1:1-3)
How should we think about God speaking in this secular age? In this talk, Liam lays the foundation for this new series, by considering three insights about the Word of God from Hebrews chapter 1. (mp3)
Theology Matters: 8 – Symbols: Temple and Torah
Liam Thatcher and Chris Oldfield look at what Jesus had to say about the Temple and the Law. (mp3)
Incarnation
Christmas blows apart our distinctions of Sacred/Secular and Material/Spiritual.