Day: June 3, 2010

Mpho Tutu on her spiritual journey

“I came via the scenic route . . . a little like Jonah where God says, “I want you to go to Nineveh.” Oh no. I’m going to Tarsus. Tarsus sounds like a really nice place. I’m heading off in the opposite direction. And fast!”

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Of the Trinity

The Spirit’s ministry is described in nearly the same terms as that of Jesus himself, who is sent by the Father to declare the things he has seen and heard. Like Jesus, the Spirit is a faithful witness, who speaks only what belongs to Another. As Jesus puts it, he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

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Singing while they died

If you were to travel in Uganda to the small town of Námugónga, a few miles from Kampala, you would find there at the Anglican Church one of the most bizarre memorials ever erected—it is a large cross, and piled like cordwood beneath the cross are some 25 life-sized ceramic figures, with their heads and shoulders protruding from bundles of wood and cane rods which encase the bodies.

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