Let’s talk about generosity, reckless generosity – because that is the sort we should embrace as children of a recklessly generous God. The kind of generosity that risks everything. The kind of generosity God shows all the time all the way. But let’s begin with Bubbles. Who doesn’t love bubbles? Look at the space they Read more

In the film Bruce Almighty, Bruce is a minor tv personality who feels hard done-by. He misses his big chance to succeed at work, he loses his job, he is beaten up, and it is all the fault, he says, of a God he claims not to believe in. He claims that God is picking Read more

The American poet Robert Frost once wrote ‘home is the place where, when you go there, they have to take you in’. Is that a good metaphor or image for unconditional love? I used to think so, there was something reassuring about it. You need help, you go home and they’ll help you no matter Read more

A minister thought she had done quite well as she stood at the door greeting people as they left the church. The remarks about her preaching were complimentary. Everyone said something nice, nice sermon vicar kind of thing… That is, until a man shook the preacher’s hand and said, “Your sermons are far too long.” Read more