Poems, Sermons and Writings

John 17:1-11 JESUS’ BUCKET LIST John 17:1-11 This section in my Bible is titled “Jesus prays for his disciples”. Just think about it - Jesus who is himself God, prays for his disciples. Even if we today talk about prayer as conversation with God, it is usually seen as subjects invoking a deity. Here we have God-the-Son praying for his disciples and later in the chapter in v 20 he speaks of praying for “those who will believe in me through their word” ie us! In our lectionary calendar we celebrated the Ascension of Jesus on Thursday and this reading gives us a glimpse into Jesus’ ongoing ministry having gone beyond our sight - Jesus’ ongoing work is caring for and praying for us!!! This is another one of those liminal or “threshold” experiences in the Bible - the already but not yet. Back in chapter 13, Jesus washed his disciples' feet and Judas departed. The next 3 chapters are like an extended sermon and here, in chapter 17 we have  Jesus’ high priestly prayer. It is

For a paper I am doing in Public Theology our assignment was to write a submission to a (real or imagined) commission of inquiry. For the purposes of this, I am responding to a (currently imaginary) commission of inquiry into the future of animal agriculture in Aotearoa/NZ. As this is a public theology paper I am looking at the issues with animal agriculture and arguing a theological perspective on how we should respond. The Future of Animal Agriculture