God is unexpected, He is other, as the Bible reveals. Where else do otherness and the unexpected reveal themselves in our day and age if not in the strange figure of the drag queen ? Maxime Michelet points out the ...
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by Albéric de Palmaert translation Loise Thunin Cleanse our eyes, Lord, Of the veil of certainties That enclose our hearts, a veil harder than the rock That kept watch over the tomb Where your friends placed you, But give us ...
Lire la suite...I Love Beer and Jesus Christ !
by Christophe Cousinié translation Louise Thunin Based on what might be a simple, practical question concerning whether or not to put a sticker on one’s car, Christophe Cousinié reflects in this article on blasphemy and freedom of religion. That’s a ...
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Thomas Isler Thomas Isler has been a prison chaplain in the canton of Neuchâtel for nearly 13years. In this article he elaborates on his conception of this ministry Translation Louise Thunin Before greeting a prisoner in his modest living space, ...
Lire la suite...The Beauties of Catholicism
by Maxime Michelet Translation Louise Thunin I willingly confess that I don’t mind attending Catholic Mass. I find it rather pleasant. Nonetheless I am not a great defender of the Roman Church. Its exclusively masculine clergy and its authoritarian organization ...
Lire la suite...So Light a Sweetness
Francine Carrillo Translation Louise Thunin If you try to catch me, your hands will remain empty If you think you can tame me, you’ll be discouraged I resemble nothing, I’m stitched backwards, I run away from parties and hardened words. ...
Lire la suite...« Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. »
Anne-Laure Danet Translation Louise Thunin The Beatitudes open the first of Jesus’ five teachings in the gospel of Matthew. What is their impact on the whole of the Gospel ? Is there an order in these Beatitudes ? My hypothesis ...
Lire la suite...Reformation Zwingli-style
Bernard Reymond Translation Canon Tony Dickinson Zwingli, two months younger than Luther, remains one of the less well-known known actors of the Reformation, especially in the French-speaking world. His writings are generally little quoted, often for lack of having been ...
Lire la suite...Have at hypocrisy!
the reforming thought and action of Zwingli Bernard Reymond Translation Canon Tony Dickinson To understand fully the thought and action of the reformers, we must remember the important place of Christianity, in all its aspects, in the individual and collective ...
Lire la suite...Zwingli, the courage to be
Pierre-Olivier Léchot Translation Canon Tony Dickinson I have to be honest: Swiss though I am, I have always preferred Luther to Zwingli. Luther’s theology has always been more eloquent for me than that of the Zurich pastor – closer to ...
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