Jesus, Christianity’s burning bush

I looked up a book review on The Aryan Jesus: Christian Theologians and the Bible in Nazi Germany here.
Surprisingly, it began with these remarkable words, which I am going to be dwelling on for a while:
Jesus is Christianity’s burning bush. His presence beckons to his followers in each generation, calling them to stand before him [...]

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The heart’s centre

I’m reading a wonderful little book by Mark Galli called Beyond Smells and Bells: The Wonder and Power of Christian Liturgy.
At one point Galli talks about how the liturgy helps us to know God—not an intellectual knowledge alone, not just a knowledge of the heart, but a knowledge that excites imagination. He quotes St Paul [...]

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Desert Fathers and Mothers 9

Rather than include a story from the desert today, I want to share an excerpt from a beautiful book by the ABC*, Rowan Williams, called Where God happens: Discovering Christ in One Another:
Saint Anthony of the Desert says that gaining the brother or sister and winning God are linked. It is not getting them signed [...]

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Golden Compass—the film

 
Karen and I saw the Golden Compass film on Thursday.  

What to say…? Karen commented that it wasn’t a film for children; there were too many threads to follow, and it really was more of an adult movie that happened to have a child at the centre. She wondered just who the intended audience was. [...]

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My problems with Philip Pullman and His Dark Materials

 

Apology: My main problem is that I don’t have the background in philosophy to actually debate Philip Pullman, the atheist/agnostic/whatever author of His Dark Materials, a fantasy trilogy in the teenager’s section of your local bookshop. (The three books are Northern Lights (The Golden Compass in the USA), The Subtle Knife, and The Amber Spyglass. [...]

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