by James Woody Translation Louise Thunin It’s often said that the sermon is the center of Reformed Church worship. That’s my opinion as well. However, it’s not enough that a person should speak for about twenty minutes, after having ...
Lire la suite...The Hidden Beauty of the World
by Agnès Adeline-Schaeffer Translation Louise Thunin In the subway, my car stops in front of an advertisement for Médecins du monde (Doctors of the World). I’m captivated by the reality of the photograph. A refugee camp with tents. Black and ...
Lire la suite...Prayer
By a group of liberal ministers Translation Louise Thunin Prayer is my inner voice at each and every moment of my life, conversing with an invisible presence which I call « You. » In my prayer, I express aloud, alone or together ...
Lire la suite...The Roman Catholic Church and the Ministry of Women
Jacques Musset translated by Sara MacVane The official position of the Catholic Church disallows to women all positions of ordained ministry: pope, bishop, priest, and deacon, which are open to men. To many Christians, and to many non-Christians as well, ...
Lire la suite...Are You Game ?
By Jean-Pierre Pairou Translation Louise Thunin There’s a question that bothers me every time I hear and see our Christian communities, theoretically demonstrating ˝good feelings˝, yet worried about not going overboard or about going too far, being careful, ...
Lire la suite...A Return to Source
by Jacques Juillard Translation Louise Thunin In the imaginary passageway between a dying year and another we take for new, I would like, at last, to emerge from the verbal stagnation in which my life has become stuck. ...
Lire la suite...Becoming Human, The Main Thing is Humanity
By Claude Henri Valloton Translation Louise Thunin How can we grow ? How can we go from infancy to childhood to adulthood ? How can we become truly human ? It’s the work of a lifetime, and includes ambiguity, humour, utopia, and ...
Lire la suite...What do we know about the historical process of the formation of the Qur’an?
Mohamed Sghir Janjar Translation Canon Tony Dickinson There are today two ways of responding to the question which takes the place of a title for this article. On the one side, the traditional one of the various strands of “Qur’anic ...
Lire la suite...Confessing Sin
Confessing sin is not a question of morals. Abigaïl Bassac sheds light on this part of the worship service. She sees in it a time for personal reflection and for coming closer to God. Man, caught between faith and doubt, ...
Lire la suite...Christianity and Islam: a possible and necessary dialogue.
Pierre-olivier Léchot. Translation Canon Tony Dickinson At a time when fundamentalism is intensifying, it is vital to affirm that interfaith dialogue is not only possible but necessary. If, as Raphael Picon used to say, God is always too much, then ...
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