“You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its ZING, how will it be made salty? It then has no further use than to be thrown out and stomped on.” Matthew 5:13 (Scholars’ Version) by Peter Turner We believe Jesus was a real flesh and blood person who lived in the jewish […]
WilhelmWeitling was an itinerant german tailor, noted for being one of “Germany’s first communists” (Engels) and for being a fervent Christian at the same time. Before they had a big bust-up, Marx described him as “brilliant”. It looks as though Marx, the great middle-class intellectual, with his university education, was a bit jealous of this […]
“It is not what you believe that matters ultimately but what you do…… (William) Willimon once described the true meaning of ”counter cultural” behaviour as going to see someone in a nursing home. You can’t do a more radical thing than that, he said. The response of the audience to his comment was a bit […]
(In Gloucester) ”Public services like libraries were targeted for closure in mostly the poorest of communities. The library had been around nearly as long as this fifties-built social housing estate (Matson) and was one of the few facilities available to residents. Old people who had once taken their children there turned up one evening as […]
“(UK Anabaptist) congregations are seedbeds of sharing – not just of meals but everyday tools, excess furniture and vehicles. Whilst visiting one congregation, I was naturally asked to walk a lawnmower to my tea-time hosts “just two blocks away” as it was their evening to use it. Congregations often form work-parties to help decorate older […]
I’ve written 40-plus posts since I scribbled out the original Zingcreed “Manifesto” on the back of an envelope sitting in the sun in front of Kenwood House in Hampstead – beautiful grounds, I really do recommend it as a place to wander round and get a few moments precious peace and quiet not far from […]
“To be a disciple now requires not the embrace of a particular ideology but the resolve necessary to live by a new ethic, learning how to be Jesus-wise and not Roman-foolish. Jesus certainly made this much clear: ritual observances are not to be confused with living faithfully. For Israel, the most important questions were […]
“God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood.” (Romans 3:25) I’ve been looking forward to writing this blog – it’s one of the main Christian themes at which I, as an atheist, wish to direct my attention. The others are the resurrection, the Kingdom, St Paul, biblical authenticity, and, of […]
