The first reading this Sunday echoes the teaching we hear from Jesus in this Sunday’s Gospel – that God ‘tracks us’ in real time. Ezekiel shares the word of the Lord that what matters most now is not what we or others did but what we do, now; how we respond to things, now. The […]
It often strikes me how in the Apostles Creed one of the defining features of our faith is highlighted as our belief in the forgiveness of sins. In the Nicene Creed this is nuanced somewhat, and we profess belief in one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. Even so, in these creeds, we Christians cannot […]
The Gospel we hear this Sunday follows immediately on other teaching of Jesus about money, wealth and work; about rights, responsibilities and opportunities for generosity and doing good. Jesus distinguishes between a goodness which is about keeping the rules, and which is ‘fair’, and kingdom goodness which is about doing better, which is always going […]
