This article was posted by Preethi Matthew on the ‘MY BELOVED IS MINE, AND I AM HIS‘ blog, which you can find here. You can read the original post here. “Children’s Drawings from the Terezín Ghetto“, Pinkas Synagogue. Prague. Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944), an Austrian artist and educator, taught hundreds of children in the Terezín Ghetto (Czech […]
Let me introduce you to a beautiful Hebrew verb from your Old Testament. The verb is Shalam. It’s linked to the well-known noun shalom (peace, wholeness, well-being). It’s used in many and surprising ways throughout Scripture. I am going to propose that it is a wonderful verb to describe the mission of God in Christ – to make right,
This article was posted on Blogger.com by ‘His Banner over me is love’. The writer is a wife and a mother of two boys, born in India and now living in the UK. You can visit her Blogger profile here. You can also read the original post here. Friedl Dicker-Brandeis (1898–1944), an Austrian artist and
We are excited to introduce you to ‘Unity‘, a small group resource for churches focused on ‘postures, skills & processes for conflict transformation in churches‘. This free resource has been developed by Seek Peace, an organisation which aims to equip churches and communities of faith to be a voice for peace. You can learn more
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Rosh Hashanah is a Jewish festival celebrating the New Year. The dates of this holiday vary from year to year, but this year it falls from the 22nd-24th September. It is the first of the days of Yamim Nora’im (High Holy Days or Days of Awe), which also include Yom Kippur, following ten days after
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Written by Preethi Matthew and originally posted to her blog, Broken Beloved Beautiful. Shared here with permission. Originally a 5th-century chapel, outside ancient Constantinople, it was transformed in the 14th century with stunning frescoes that reflect the Eastern Church’s view of Christ. Converted into a mosque after 1453, the building’s art remains a quiet witness
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah 9:6) Starting from 1st December, join us for ‘Joy to the World’, an international collaboration celebrating the run up to Christmas! Christian brothers and sisters from 24 different
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You will bear much fruit. In exploring the metaphor of the Church as the branches of a vine, let’s consider the fruit we produce.
Joh 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. Jesus’ metaphor/parable of himself as the vine and his Church as the branches is a powerful demonstration of teaching that is visual, every day,
John 15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. Jesus’ metaphor/parable of himself as the vine and his Church as the branches is a powerful demonstration of teaching that is visual, every day,
I’ve really been enjoying discovering the New Testament word συνεργια / synergia. This word means co-work (syn- means together or cooperative, -ergia means work or labour). The English equivalent of this word is synergy.
Pentecost was a prophetic sign of the destination of the gospel in all cultures and languages through the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In Acts 20-21, Paul wants to show that the seeds sown 3 decades previously in Jerusalem are indeed bearing fruit among many cities and ethnicities.
In Genesis 29, the patriarch Jacob rolls a stone away. It’s a foreshadowing of Easter morning in multiple ways.
Who is My Neighbour is a question many people are asking today in multicultural cities. Toward whom do I have responsibility?
As far as we know, this is the first English translation done by Natives for Natives. Our prayer is that it will open Native hearts to Creator Sets Free (Jesus) and that it will be a gift from our Native people to the dominant culture in the US and to the body of Christ in English-speaking nations worldwide.
The Mission of Jesus: A Journey of Incarceration, Relationships, Inefficiency, Cost, Humility, and Worth
is the Word of God really without error or fault?
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Some reflections this Easter on these verses from the crucifixion story. Mattthew 27:6-7 But the chief priests, taking the pieces of silver, said, “it is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.” So they took counsel and bought with them the potter’s field as a burial place for foreigners.
This is part three in my Called?! series of blog posts. Click for parts one and two. Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow
So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by his own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon
The following is an extract from my book The Bethlehem Story: Mission and Justice in the Margins of the World There is another ancient oracle that seems to have been in Matthew’s thinking as he wrote of the wise men. There are definite resonances of Isaiah 60:1-7 in the Matthew 2 story. Arise, shine, for your
Part of Jeremiah’s calling was to reach out to those living in the province of Ephraim, north of the dividing line between the southern kingdom of Judah (with its capital Jerusalem), and the northern kingdom of Israel (with its capital Samaria). The dispute between Ephraim (Joseph’s son) and Judah was an ancient one, going back
Sitting in Athens thinking about history. Anthony Sattin’s book Nomads: The Wanderers who Shaped our World is therapeutic and persuasive in its argument that the modernist telling of history represents ‘an invisible line’ through to civilisation and progress as defined in the West, to ‘people like us.’ In this idea, settledness, dominion over nature, and
We’ve just spent a week in a Central Asian city famously known as “the windy city” (let the reader understand!) – and it really has been very blustery. Shutter-bangingly, tree-bendingly, dust-raisingly properly windy. So we’ve spent a week thinking about wind, and thinking about mission. They key verse we’ve been reflecting on together is John
