SOME OF THE MUSINGS, observations & reflections of an Anglican parish priest in the North West of England. Please feel warmly invited to leave comments or questions - I’ll reply wherever possible
Entries from May 13, 2007 - May 19, 2007
AMONG THE DEEPER MYSTERIES
AMONG THE DEEPER MYSTERIES in life perhaps the one we struggle with the most is the mystery of the Ascension. It’s not so much that we misunderstand it, we simply don’t understand it. What is the Ascension? - asks Fr Ron Rolheiser.
Why the empty seats at the Feast these days? How can we “proclaim afresh” the importance of the Ascension? Well, I’m sure I’ll not be alone in exhaling an hearty ALLELUIA having had sight of Fr Ron’s reflections …
Fr Simon Marsh
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FR RADCLIFFE WINS THE MICHAEL RAMSEY PRIZE
THREE CHEERS for Fr Timothy’s Radcliffe’s “What’s the point of being a Christian?” … which, it was announced yesterday, has won the 2007 Michael Ramsey Prize for Theological Writing. (see Reading). The five authors I most wish to see in the hands of my fellow Christians today are Rowan Williams’ “Tokens of Trust”, Timothy Radcliffe’s “What’s the Point of Being a Christian?”, Maggi Dawn’s essay “Whose Text is it Anyway?” in “An Acceptable Sacrifice”, Alan Jones’ “Re-imagining Christianity” and Elizabeth Liddle’s “Pip and the Edge of Heaven”. Amongst the most inspirational Christian thinking I’ve read in the past 25 years, I’d hazard that readers of all five will believe they’ve just been to a banquet … and might look forward to attending The Banquet come Sunday.