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Tag Archives: hope
Umm, Jesus, It’s Windy Out Here
I’ve now taken a few stabs at this post because there is so much to say about the idea of peace. My conclusion after spending a good deal of time reflecting on the topic as well as my life, is that … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical, Interfaith Dialogue, Society and Living, Theology
Tagged cancer, christianity, courage, faith, family, hard times, hope, illness, jesus christ, the gospel, trust
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The Prostitute
Wrapped in the cosseted world of words and thoughts it is often all too easy in Biblical Studies and Theology to forget that sooner or later we must justify what we do. On being introduced to theology the student is … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical, Journal, Society and Living, Theology
Tagged abram, deborah, god, hope, hosea, jesus, jesus christ, liberation, lot, love, prophecy, prophet, prostitution, saint paul, sarai, sex industry, slavery, women
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The God Debate (part one): On Transcendence
It would be most disingenuous, after having had criticised the elitist assertion that intellectual Atheists are more intelligent than persons of a religious persuasion, not to present something to the ‘God Debate’ proper. The immediate problem with such a proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Society and Living, The God Debate, Theology
Tagged atheism, christianity, coldplay, dawkins, faith, god, hope, ireland, little mix, love, popular culture, reason, richard dawkins, the church, transcendence, truth
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Venite Adoremus
“Now it happened that, while they were there, the time came for her to have her child, and she gave birth to a son, her first-born (Luke 2:6).” Undoubtedly the infant Jesus was brought kicking and screaming into the world, … Continue reading
Posted in Biblical, Dispatches, Journal, Philosophy, Society and Living, Theology
Tagged christmas, faith, holiness, homelessness, hope, incarnation, ireland, irish economy, jesus, jesus christ, karl rahner, liberation, poverty, priest, suffering
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