Di Jean-François Blancheton* Traduzione di Giacomo Tessaro * Jean-François Blancheton è pastore della comunità di Sens e dintorni (Borgogna-Franca Contea) della Chiesa Protestante Unita di Francia. Seduto fuori da un bar per il mio cafferino mattutino, incontro una persona della ...
Lire la suite...Come la fiamma di una candela. Avvento 2020
Di Jacques Gradt* Traduzione di Giacomo Tessaro * Jacques Gradt è pastore della Chiesa Protestante Unita di Francia, cappellano carcerario dal 1975 al 2000. Signore! L’epidemia ci spaventa e ci allontana gli uni dagli altri, perché abbiamo paura della malattia ...
Lire la suite...Le parole non amate : Carne
Ogni mese ci proponiamo di esaminare una parola che riguarda il cristianesimo, e che può apparire disturbante, dolorosa o complessa. Quello che ci disgusta a volte la dice lunga su ciò che siamo, e su ciò che ci guida nella ...
Lire la suite...The Foolish Man
Ecclesiastes says, « Go and eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart (…) Enjoy your life, the woman you love. » The foolish rich man seems to have forgotten this invitation when he puts ...
Lire la suite...What We Think and Believe
The « Remonstrants », a Dutch Protestant sect founded in the seventeenth century, today want a Church in which a diversity of opinions will be allowed. They have nothing against the credo as such. They consider such texts as useful ...
Lire la suite...Celebrating the Lord’s Supper
Without giving a great importance to the way in which we celebrate the supper, we can question our practices and wonder if they are satisfying. It isn’t a matter of multiplying rituals, but of finding suggestions in what happens elsewhere. ...
Lire la suite...Prayer
Translation Canon Tony Dickinson Look, Lord! We have set up our camp halfway along the road of life. fear of the unknown, fatigue and doubt keep us in this place. The joy of beginnings crumbles away on the journey, and ...
Lire la suite...Rediscovering Silence in a World of Noise
Goran Sekulowski. Translation Canon Tony Dickinson Hegel wrote that reading the morning paper is a kind of realist morning prayer. Might we extend this thought by showing that the smartphone, People Magazine or the television have today replaced morning and ...
Lire la suite...Wisdom lived among us (John 1:14)
Henri Persoz suggests a reflection on dogma, the mystery of the incarnation, unveiling one of the possible « liberal » approaches to this wonder. An approach which not only leaves room for nuance but challenges each one of us. Translation Canon Tony ...
Lire la suite...The neglected centuries
Protestant theology has been constructed over centuries. We shouldn’t look for it only among the Reformers, but also among their successors who were able to enrich it, renew it, reorient it and rectify it. A recent book retraces the successive ...
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