Monthly Archives: December 2010

A Spirit of Conversation

                                                      Today on the Anglican calendar John Wycliffe, 14th century scholar  and preacher, is commemorated. He was very possibly the most intelligent and most educated Englishman of his day. Born in Yorkshire around 1330, and educated at Oxford,  Wycliffe became a … Continue reading

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Like the Pelican – Part 3

Today is the Feast of Saint John the Divine, author of the Fourth Gospel and of the Book of Revelation. In the Book of Revelation it is written, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my … Continue reading

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Like the Pelican – Part 2

“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above and comes down from the Father of Lights.” (James 1:17) In the last post, in our consideration of liberation theology and its “striving to be a bottom-up movement in practice, … Continue reading

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Like the Pelican – Part 1

“For you have the poor always with you; but me you have not always” (Matthew 26:11). Who are the poor in the world today? And when we say poor what precisely do we mean by poor? We are told that … Continue reading

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The Sweetest Bait

When Christianity comes conquering with armies, what conquers is not Christianity. Cortés scuttled his fleet for gold and glory, God his banner forwards to the capitol city no doubt, but – really – who was this God? Well, never mind that banner, … Continue reading

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To Will One Thing

Truth to tell, falsehood lurks about my soul high and low, and through the day it is all I can do to keep to the straight and narrow of the morning’s original revelation. “It is astonishing,” writes Margaret Fuller, the … Continue reading

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Windows into Heaven

We all have longings. What would it mean to live and not have longings? “It seems to me,” writes George Eliot, “we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel … Continue reading

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