While it is yet day

Haddon Willmer

Jesus Christ

  • Christmas mistaken?

    God is love, overflowing love to all the world … we celebrate the birth of Jesus within that larger perspective. And, we are told, God is in control, God is always with us. In our religion, the two blend together, and  their relation is not critically evaluated. The first I believe and want to follow.…

  • Jesus Wept

    How can we sing the Lord’s song in a strange country (Psalm 137)? How can a cheerful, or at least a cheering blog, be written in this world as it is, as we make it, as we let it go on being, as it looks like becoming? Jesus drew crowds to festivals of teaching, healing and food.…

  • Foreword to ‘Climbing the Spiritual Mountain: The Questions of Jesus’ by Alan and Elizabeth Davey

    This book was published in 2014. You can read more and buy the book here. I like this book because … It fits human beings who are creatures beset by questions shaking and making the foundations, such as: ‘What is the meaning of life, if there is one?’ ‘What is a human person, if not…

  • Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?

    Sermon on Luke 7.18-23, preached at Moortown Baptist Church, 25 February 2024 You can watch this at the link below, from 26.40 – 56.40 minutes, followed by the hymn ‘Fold to your heart your sister and your brother‘.

  • Love Your Enemies

    “You have heard, you shall love your neighbour and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”.    (Matt 5:43) These words sound like a call, even a command. But we fear the risk. So the miserable-go-round of the world continues – we have enemies, and we hate them,…

  • Earth cries! Are we the gods that must step up?

    Earth cries! We are the gods that must step up to the biggest crisis in history | Ben Okri | The Guardian Reflection and Commentary  In this prophetic poem, lamenting, warning, calling, Ben Okri points to the crisis now: Words for the day.Denial. Justice. RightT​o protest. And Earth cries.O when will we wake up?Gulf Stream…

  • Thomas goes with Jesus

    A sermon on John 20.19-31 1. Thomas as doubter? Thomas heard from the disciples: We have seen Jesus. He said, Unless I see the print of the nails in his hands, and can put my hand into his side, I will not believe.  Does that make him a Doubter? Are you a doubter if you…

  • Illegal Boat People

    Originally posted on the Network Leeds blog here. Government makes a decree, like Knut on the beach, which says ‘These are illegal immigrants’. But they are human beings seeking life. Is any creature and child of God, ‘illegal’? If God lets down from heaven a great sample of all his creatures and says, Rise and eat, shall we say with…