Kester Brewin

Just got back this afternoon from darkest Wales, where there was no internet, no mobile coverage, and virtually no radio reception either. Just a wonderful beach, and an old clap-board cottage. Great medicine. Nice to come back to some good debate though. I just wanted to write a final post in the series (may be) [...]

I’ve been attempting to argue over this series of posts that Jesus’ passion, in contrast to Judas’ scheming to catalyze Jesus into revolution, and Paul’s strategizing to get to Rome, critiques the power-plays that we try to make as Christians. Through Game Theory we have been duped into thinking our best strategy is to not [...]

In the previous post I looked at the parallels between Paul and Jesus’ approach to and arrest and trial in Jerusalem, and noted that the key difference between them was that while Jesus remained almost silent, Paul never shut up. I’m proposing that one of the reasons behind this is that in Paul we see [...]

[I'm pleased to be part of the Via Crucis 2007 grid-blog... This is a series of 4 posts in 4 days pre-posted, as I'm going to be in the wilds of a Welsh beach that technology forgot.] I have been teaching an introductory course on Christianity to Year 7 (11/12 years old) over the past [...]