Goran Sekulowski Translation Tony Dickinson A great teacher and churchman, liturgist, pastor and preacher, defender of the faith against heresies, enjoying a very wide veneration in various contexts and dying in the odour of sanctity, John Chrystostom, Archbishop of Constantinople, ...
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Jean-Marc Tétaz Translation Tony Dickinson * [Translator’s note] In French Protestantism a “multitudinist” church is one which does not demand a profession of faith from its members but welcomes all who are seeking God, as well as their families, and ...
Lire la suite...Europe : Speaking in Tongues !
by Jean-Marie de Bourqueney Translation Louise Thunin Brussels, on a winter morning. I’m climbing into the Thalys train for Paris. I sit in my assigned seat, leaving the one next to it free. I warm myself, but I remain in ...
Lire la suite...Antisemitism and Sola Scriptura, Luther’s dangerous liaisons
Pierre-Olivier Léchot Translation : The Revd Canon Tony Dickinson Let us not mince words: Martin Luther developed a way of thinking about Judaism which in its main lines takes up pre-modern anti-Semitic discourse as it had developed in his day. ...
Lire la suite...Spiritual and Lay Accompaniment
by Jérôme Grandet translation Louise Thunin Within the framework of laity, a spiritual counselor might take a path different from the present one, a path organized by different spiritualities. This is what the author, Jérôme Grandet, proposes. He is a ...
Lire la suite...The Exclusive Character of Christianity
By Laurent Gagnebin translation Louise Thunin At a gathering of ministers, the question of the relationship between our faith and other religions came up. Each of us tried to express what the specific quality of Christianity was, in his or ...
Lire la suite...How long, O Lord ? Wilt thou forget me for ever ? (Psalm 13)
Often in the Psalms, we hear this cry, addressed to God : ˝Do not forget!˝ But isn’t it we ourselves who are lacking in memory? If forgetfulness erodes our lives, remembering boosts us, reviving hope. Jacques Juillard translation Louise Thunin As ...
Lire la suite...The Father-Mother God of our Wombs
Danièle Dunogent Translation Louise Thunin I believe in God the Father-Mother of our wombs In His desire for me In my desire for Him; And yet we have Crucified, sacrificed The Divine Child: small light Placed for safekeeping in our ...
Lire la suite...Taxi Driver
Laurent Gagnebin Translation Louise Thunin Whenever I take a taxi, I talk to the driver. Thus I sometimes discover chapters of extraordinary lives. On the way, I mention that I’m a minister, and exciting conversation follows. People ask questions then, ...
Lire la suite...The Waldensian Church of Italy: works to find a way to prevent the death at sea of thousands of migrants
Francesco Pinotti Translation Sara MacVane On October 3, 2013 a calamity took place off he coast of Italy when a ship carrying 500 migrants sank less than two kilometers from the island of Lampedusa. The local community seemed indifferent to ...
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