Nathan has been a pastor of our Church since 1994.
Jesus is the model for rightly honouring the victims by exposing and resisting the systems that sacrificed them.
Nathan has been a pastor of our Church since 1994.
Jesus is the model for rightly honouring the victims by exposing and resisting the systems that sacrificed them.
Extravagant devotion to the crucified Christ is the foundation of our compassion and care for other victims of the world’s callousness.
God’s grace is lavished on all who will receive it, but some of those who have every right to it refuse to receive it unless they are singled out.
The Catechumenate, and the annual Lenten journey, are about writing the Word of God into our hearts so that it can protect us from evil and bear fruits of righteousness.
The glory that has been seen in Jesus can shine forth in us, but there will be obstructions to be purged and commitments to be made first.
There is a fundamental culture clash between those who put their trust in God and those who pursue wealth, comfort and celebrity.
The encounter with the resurrected crucified Jesus enables us to see the absolute love, mercy and non-vengefulness of God.
God is love, and so love is the only real measure of spiritual maturity or accomplishment.
Recognising Jesus as Lord requires such a reversal of conventional values that it cannot but dangerously transform us.
With Jesus as our pattern, we find a new identity in our uncompromising allegiance to God’s ways.
To name Christ as King is to identify ourselves as dissenters to the claims of any other authority.
The impossible love and grace of God invite us to participate in the life of God despite our circumstances, but we often get stuck in trying to find meaning in the circumstances.
God offers to make us his children, a position that may not appeal to our autonomous ambitions, but which offers honour and security.
Jesus leads the way in exposing and opposing violence, no matter what the cost, and life is found in following his lead.
God’s gracious acceptance is so free from favouritism that we find it scandalous and daunting.
God’s love for us is so all-consuming that he accepts us as soon as we accept him and is happy for our behaviours to be sorted out in the transforming experience of love.
Jesus invites us to find our communion in the violence done to him instead of in doing violence to others.
Jesus becomes a victim of our systems of feeding on one another in order to forgive us, set us free, and nourish us for life.
When we recognise Christ’s presence in the Eucharistic liturgy, we will bring the sick in search of healing.
In his suffering death, Jesus calls us to solidarity with all who suffer, and in his complete lack of vengefulness, the risen Christ offers the hope of healing from our violence.