When you think of the word “Pure” what comes to your mind? Maybe you think of Dove soap, which we’re told is 99.44% pure, as long as you consider that any kind of soap, which is mostly made up of vegetable oils and animal fats, is pure. Or you might be thinking Read more →

Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy. Mercy. What exactly is mercy? How is mercy different from another word, grace? Grace might be best understood as the act of endowing unmerited favour while mercy is the withholding of deserved punishment. Read more →

Have you heard of this thing called intermittent fasting? It’s a way of controlling your weight and also perhaps strengthening your health. My brother told me about this sometime ago and he has been doing it for a few months. When I saw him this summer, Read more →

Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Our beatitude for today raises a number of questions. Among them, what is it to be meek, who are the meek, and how exactly will they inherit the earth? Read more →

When preachers preach on this parable of the workers in the vineyard, we often remark on how unjust the labour practice of the vineyard owner seems to be. I know that I’ve said that in sermons I have preached on this parable in earlier years. Read more →