Tag: Luke

Facing, digesting and metabolising the feeling of shame for having done wrong. A deep dive into the Parable of the Unrighteous Steward.

Barbara Roberts7 Comments

This post is about a person feeling shame that is rightly due because that person has done wrong. When a person's deeds have been evil, when the person has only been caring for their own interests and not caring how their conduct affects others, that person needs to face and feel their own shame. It… Continue reading Facing, digesting and metabolising the feeling of shame for having done wrong. A deep dive into the Parable of the Unrighteous Steward.

Josephine Butler – a nineteenth century Christian who advocated for the oppressed and outcast

Barbara Roberts32 Comments

There is a weak and prostrate figure lying at our door. Her hands are on the threshold, flung forward in mute appeal. On one side of the door are the powers of hell. On the other side, in their safe dwelling place, the selfish sleepers to whom the pale cold hands appeal in vain.