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  • 27 Dec 2012
    Discovering a vulnerable God at Christmas

    How does God communicate with us when words are not adequate? How can we even try to talk of God when literal language so lets us down? Mark Wakelin, President of the Methodist Conference, says that the whole point of the Christmas story is to show us that the God of Jesus Christ is disclosed in humanity, vulnerability and personalness, rather than abstract theory or proposition. Like love, this calls for a personal and social response within the life of the world.

  • 6 Jan 2009
    The challenge to 'get real'

    These days we are often encouraged to 'get real'. But what does this mean, in the world at large and in the church in particular, asks Giles Fraser. It means returning to practicalities in a new way.

  • 25 Dec 2008
    Rescuing God from our attempts at belief

    It is in welcoming a poor child into the world and into our hearts that we begin to meet a love that cannot be contained or used as a pawn in any war of position, says Simon Barrow.

  • 8 Nov 2007
    The body as religious evidence

    As medical science continues to explore the wonder of the human body, we must ensure that our theological thinking keeps pace, says Kevin Boyd. Fleshly existence is deeply bound up with religious formation, not least in incarnational Christianity.

  • 8 Jan 2007
    An Epiphany of Love in a Suffering World?

    Reasoning with the mystery of incarnation

  • 21 Dec 2006
    Giving birth to a new world

    How the God of Jesus spells the death of empire

  • 14 Nov 2006
    Why Christianity is not a purity cult by Giles Fraser

    How some evangelicals miss the mess of incarnation