by Andy Roland | Apr 14, 2024 | Bible, Easter, Holy Week, Jesus
WHERE DOES JOHN FIT IN? THE STORY SO FAR Two months ago I wrote ‘What did he actually do?’ There I traced the events of Jesus’ last week on earth, using principally the Gospel of Mark. See ‘Jesus the Troublemaker’ on revandybooks.org and...
by Andy Roland | Jan 20, 2023 | Easter, Jesus, Post-modern times, Religion
THE PSYCHIC REALM From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us. (Traditional Scottish prayer) As we think about death and what if anything might come after we need neither blind belief nor blind...
by Andy Roland | May 2, 2022 | Easter, Newsletter
COUNTDOWN TO EASTER The first half of April was dominated for me by Holy Week and Easter. On Tuesday 5th I started a series of five minutes daily readings from ‘Jesus the Troublemaker’, tracing Jesus’/Yeshua’s journey for the Jordan valley to the...
by Andy Roland | Apr 19, 2022 | Bible, Easter, Jesus
THE SOURCES The story of Easter is well-known: the empty tomb, Jesus appearing to Mary Magdalene in the garden, and later to his disciples. There are five sources for the story, the four gospels and Paul’ s letter to Christians in Corinth. The...
by Andy Roland | May 1, 2020 | Bible, Church, Easter, Holy Week, Newsletter, Psalms, Religion
WORSHIPPING PUBLISHING LIVING Don’t miss 7pm Wednesday 6th May “The Church in Lockdown – how are we doing?” https://us02web.zoom.us/j/72543129362? The password is 262239. See the eventbrite link: https://tinyurl.com/ybrfge58 HOLY WEEK ON ZOOM...
by Andy Roland | Mar 25, 2020 | Apostles and their Letters, Bible, Easter, Post-modern times, Religion
With the fear generated by the coronavirus pandemic shutting down the world, I think it is a good time to reflect on what we think about death. Here are seven thoughts. 1 It’s inevitable. Some years ago the British film director Nicholas Roeg...
