Uncommon Prayers

It's Epiphany in Christianity, one of the far-western religions. According to St Matthew, Magi 'from the east' come to Bethlehem...

Before writing anything about the events of Sunday evening - when two gunmen shot and killed at least 15 people who had gathered to celebrat...

It's Reformation Day, apparently. Obviously, gains were made, many of them eventually adopted by the Roman Catholic Church in its own re...

  Acts 16.9-15; Psalm 67; Revelation 21.10, 22-22.5; John 14.23-29 From time to time we hear about the ‘possible resumption’ of peace talks ...

Introduction Let me set the scene for what I want to say with a few historical remarks about the relationship between Christians and native ...

It's Lent in the Christian churches, a time to reflect, become aware, and repent of our bad behaviour. To repent means to stop the bad b...

Texts:  Exodus 34.29-35; 2 Corinthians 3.12–4.2; Luke 9.28-36 This Wednesday the church enters the season of Lent.  The Ash Wednesday rite s...