Jesus doesn’t dismiss our fears. He spends much time telling his disciples that we’ll experience much that drives to the hearts of our anxieties. And he goes to the very heart of fear itself, experiences it all, and emerges victorious, for us. From Winn Collier. “Incarnation is the place,” says Kathleen Norris, “where hope contends …
When God asks questions its not because he needs information. It’s because we need to learn something about ourselves and our circumstances that we’re hiding from ourselves. The question reframes our insistence on control and self-reliance and reveals our need. This is also true of Jesus’ questions, with the added reality that his human nature …
When Jesus restores Peter after his denial he does so not by questioning Peter’s knowledge, but Peter’s heart. From Winn Collier: Warming by the enemy’s fire, three critics posed Peter the most straightforward query: “Are you a follower of Jesus?” They did not ask what Peter thought of the Galilean’s theology. They did not quiz …
Winn Collier writes about the longing that Advent epitomises, a Gospel fuelled desire for the fulfilment of redemption. We have peace, and long for peace. We have hope, and long for that expectation to be fully realised. From Collier: I’m aching for peace. To be sure, I’m not angling for anything easy or contrived or …
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