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Jon Swales
Nov 4, 20242 min read
Harris, Trump & the way of Christ
A few tentative thoughts about the US election and the Church. Choosing between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is not an authentic choice...
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Jon Swales
Oct 31, 20241 min read
A Prayer for Spain
Father of Creation, God of Compassion, We hear the news from Spain and see the images of waters rising, of cars swept away, piled upon...
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Jon Swales
Oct 30, 20243 min read
Journeying with Scripture: Eunuchs & Violence
The Bible, long cherished as God’s word, is anything but flat or one-dimensional. It’s a rich, layered story unfolding through diverse...
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Jon Swales
Oct 29, 20242 min read
Fools for Christ
The Jesus follower is a cultural outsider—a misfit who doesn’t conform to the world’s expectations. They stand out, swimming against the...
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Jon Swales
Oct 28, 202412 min read
Seven Meditations on the Resurrection
This is an evolving blog post. Do check back for updates. In the resurrection of Jesus, the God-Man penniless preacher from Nazareth, the...
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Jon Swales
Oct 28, 20242 min read
Now & Not Yet
‘And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will...
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Jon Swales
Oct 23, 20242 min read
Missio Dei/Missio Satanas
We hear it often, whether at the vicar factory, in mission books, or from our leaders: Missio Dei—the mission of God. This phrase...
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Jon Swales
Oct 19, 20242 min read
Theology for Liberation
I’ve got a hunch, maybe even a dream, that we as church leaders need to keep on returning to theology—not just the kind that fills books,...
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Jon Swales
Oct 16, 20242 min read
1 Corinthians 13: A Reflection
If I speak with the wisdom of the most respected leaders and preach with captivating eloquence, but have no love, I am merely noise—like...
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Jon Swales
Oct 16, 20243 min read
Cruciform Liturgy: Wealth & poverty
Leader: Let us gather in humility and reverence as we reflect on the words of our Lord Jesus Christ concerning wealth and poverty. His...
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Jon Swales
Oct 15, 20242 min read
Crutch- God is Dead
Religion is often dismissed as a crutch—a relic of humanity’s superstitious past, something we invented to make sense of a world we once...
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Jon Swales
Oct 12, 20242 min read
A Lighthouse Reflection: Beauty & Weakness
When I visited Peter—though that’s not his real name—I found him lying on the floor, paralysed from the neck down, waiting for an...
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Jon Swales
Oct 4, 20241 min read
Wounds
My wounds are healing, slowly. Yet sometimes, I surprise myself—like yesterday when I was asked a question, and a flood of emotions...
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Jon Swales
Oct 4, 20242 min read
The Kingdom of God: Action, Lament and Hope
When Jesus proclaimed, "The Kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe the good news," He wasn’t inviting us to simply listen but to...
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Jon Swales
Oct 4, 20242 min read
Psalm 42: A Lament
‘As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God…… I say to God, my Rock, you have forgotten me’- Psalm 42  In...
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Jon Swales
Sep 21, 20242 min read
Doubt
At times, I find myself wrestling with doubt, even though I’ve experienced the goodness of God in my life. It’s a puzzling tension...
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Jon Swales
Sep 21, 20242 min read
Hope Spoke my Name
Hope can be elusive, slipping through our grasp like morning fog, leaving behind the stark reality of suffering. For my lighthouse...
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Jon Swales
Sep 20, 20242 min read
Walking with Wounds
Life, though common to all of us, remains profoundly strange- a puzzle, a mystery. We are biological beings, products of evolution, yet...
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Jon Swales
Sep 20, 20243 min read
The Death of God
An unmoved mover. A good God—distant, sovereign, ruling from outside time, watching as history unfolds. A Palestinian child cries out—a...
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