Jody Stowell Coming from the East or ‘the Politics of Epiphany’ by Jody Stowell Magi from theeast came to Jerusalem and asked, ‘Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.’ Another year has begun. I wonder how you got here? Where did you come from? What has … Continue Reading
Welcome to my world on suffering each other by Jody Stowell Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God ROMANS 15:7 (NRSV) I think I was always rather an ‘odd’ child: philosophical of nature, with a tendency to preoccupations that did not occupy my friends’ minds. I was … Continue Reading
The Pharoah’s Concubine and the Egyptian Slave by Jody Stowell (this article was first published in an abbreviated form on sophianetwork and is published with permission) Quite often when we start to look at the thorny issue of the place of women in the Church, we forget that this debate is intensely personal.It is easy to talk ‘theologically’, … Continue Reading
the cup holds all things my hopes, my dreams is it empty or full? the cup holds all things the stuff of life that overwhelms filled to the brim what if it spills? the cup holds all things the wrath which will save me if I drink will I stand? the cup holds all things … Continue Reading
Whatever we think about this question and whatever theological and observational critiques we bring to the current trends in local church shaping, there are at least two things that God’s people (traditionally, historically and scripturally) affirm regarding God’s activity: namely that God is for the healing of the world and that God is not an … Continue Reading
THE SHACK by William P Young (USA: Windblown Media, 2007) A Fulcrum Review by Jody Stowell I freely admit that Christian novellas are not usually my thing, so even though ‘The Shack’ was a book that was recommended to me, I have to say that at first it was simply added to my ‘list of … Continue Reading