Christmas is the celebration of God’s vulnerability. It was the birth of a vulnerable baby that constituted God’s great plan for the redemption of human beings. So don’t turn God into a macho god, a warrior god, an imperial god! Immanuel = "God with us" in Hebrew. Jesus is a wonderful name, it has …
Boat on the Sea of History
Today’s Gospel reading (Matthew 14:22-34) has given rise to the traditional image of the church as a boat. Matthew certainly has a bigger church orientation than the other gospels - for example: Peter the rock on which Jesus builds the church; the command to go and baptize. For the first time the disciples are …
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