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Please adjust your expectations
In Advent, Expectations, Incarnation, Jesus, Pain and suffering
I had never quite thought of the season of Advent like this before. As many of you know
Beyond the cute animals: the edgier side of St Francis
In Animals, Crusades, Interfaith, Islam, St Francis of Assisi
Many churches have recently celebrated the Feast of St Francis of Assisi (around the 4th October). Born in the
I Don’t Want to Recover
In Covid-19, Matariki, Pentecost, recovery
Recovery after a major disruption can feel comforting. We just want to get back to the way things
Letting Go of the Idols of Certainty
In Ambiguity, Belonging, Certainty, Covid-19, Last supper
There is something about a crisis that makes us want to cling onto certainty even tighter. I have
A Message from Philo on our response to COVID-19
In Covid-19
Dear friends, You are all precious in God’s eyes and loved by the Aldersgate Community. We have taken
Are you a belieber?
In Believe, Bible, Jesus
No I don’t mean a follower of a certain male pop star. This thought provoking essay by Debie Thomas
Jesus, Salvation & Other Religions
In Interfaith, Jesus, Theology
Different religions: they can’t all be true? Or can you be a Methodist Buddhist? WARNING: The linked post
Facing our demons
In Mental Illness, Spirituality
Christians and mental illness is not a topic that is talked about a lot. In another church I
One church doing our bit for religious diversity
In ecumenicism, Interfaith
A colleague from the local council asked our Minister, Philo Kinera, to put something in writing about Durham
A city reborn?
In Christchurch, Social Justice
Who is Christchurch? What is the identity of our new city? Reborn in the CBD’s flash, fresh metal-and-glass newness,