Sunday is coming
“The Gospel according to Mark was written when the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem was still in peoples’ memory…and when Jesus lists all those terrible things, perhaps he is simply looking around and noting that which we all know to be true: suffering is a thing,” says Archbishop Jeremy
Sunday is coming
“Jesus watched the crowd putting money into the treasury… a poor widow came and put two small copper coins…The fascinating thing about this little story is perhaps not the actions of the scribes or the rich or the poor widow, but what Jesus does,” says Archbishop Jeremy
“‘What do you want me to do for you?’ is a good question. It begins by assuming that I have something to learn from you, rather than assuming I know what’s best for you. It assumes that you know more about you than I ever will,” says Archbishop Jeremy
“In a world often driven by competition and hierarchy, the path of discipleship is a very different way,” says Archbishop Jeremy
“…a blind obsession with love requires us to build relationships not walls, requires trust not fear, requires that we make room for difference rather than cling to an arrogant assurance that my way is the only way,” says Bishop Jeremy Greaves
“After investigating the matter, I came to the conclusion that the coin for the Roman tax could not have been a denarius because there is no evidence that denarii circulated in Judea at that time,” says ancient coin expert and author Dr Peter Lewis from St James’, Biggera Waters
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