"...the resurrection is not merely a happy ending. It is a confirmation that the future belongs to just the kind of love Jesus enacted on the cross." MV in the new book: "Glimmerings. Letters of Faith Between a Poet and a Theologian", by Miroslav Volf & Christian Wiman.

”Go to dark gethsemane” share.google/thhPkrsiFPEh...

Thinking of how it was for Jesus to live under the shadow of the cross, all the way since he became aware of his destiny. Especially from the point when he began the last journey up to Jerusalem with his disciples. And how he could be so present and caring while knowing it all...

Today's message is about the one and only King, the one who reigns in selfgiving love, humility and justice... In him all people will be united and set free. And of his kingdom there will be no end. Come soon, Lord Jesus!

When a picture says more than thousands words...

The eternal rest is not inactivity but absence of evil. Hence no more influence from it and no battle against it. Only rejoicing in God's presence, beauty and creativity... Amd joining in what he will be doing...

How come there is always money for war??

Is Trump prepared to welcome refugees if chaos follows in Iran?

The 86 years old leader became a "martyr". Now can some younger man with even more capacity for evil take his place. Like Ali Larijani...

"We do not and cannot become holy through will-power, assuming control over ourselves. We simply have to let God be God." Chris EW Green: substack.com/@cewgreen/note…

Paul in Phil 1:6: "I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ." It is a *very* good thing that his work actually has begun. Now we just need some patience and trust...

When already the introduction lifts you up... Reading Thiselton: Life after Death. A New Aproach to the Last Things:

To receive justification by faith is to acknowledge that my source of spiritual life is not myself, but God in Christ through his death & resurrection. To insist on my own righteousness is to cut myself off from the source of life. To live in faith is to live at the well of life.

About -12° Celsius. My neighbour catched this northern lights from her window last night.

Welcome to my home in Narnia, today!

So Miller, Trump and the rest want Greenland, to be able to protect Nato...

If Christ's two natures (human & divine) can't be divided (which I think is true), can we then say that he experiences as *God* how it is to be human, and as a *human* how it is to be God? Am I right?

Today life is a parenthesis in the world of death. One day death will be seen as a parenthesis in the world of life! Isaiah 25:8

What a good book! Just finished the first chapter, "Welcome to Sheol"...

Trump deported Iranian Christians with open asylum claims for religious persecution four weeks ago. He expelled other Iranian Christians, including children, to Panama in February.

It’s like watching a gorilla break a Stradivarius violin after discovering it doesn’t taste good.

Came to think today on Herod the Great. Fore some reason...

I just read that the number of scholars from USA, looking for jobs in Sweden, is increasing - especially in the areas of natural science, medicine, liberal arts & theology. Right now 25% more than one year ago, and 100% more than the time before mr T:s first period in the WH...

Word for today from Acts 14: Paulus and Barnabas "returned to Lystra, Iconium and Antioch, strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,' they said."

Poem by Tomas Tranströmer, swedish Nobel Prize winner, 2011: Tired of all who come with words, words but no language I went to the snow-covered island. The wild does not have words. The unwritten pages spread out on all sides! I come upon the tracks of roe deer in the snow. Language but no words.

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American." It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Russell Moore in Christianity Today: Advice for Donald Trump on Getting into Heaven. "To see the way to heaven... Think of yourself as a little child - weak and dependent - and in need of a Father who is not impressed with you but who loves you..." www.christianitytoday.com/2025/08/dona...

Young Redstart meditating on an apple... Photo by my friend

Your value, your identity, your purpose, your hope are all hidden with Christ, who shed his own blood for you. And though in this life we suffer tribulation, there is stored up for us an eternal weight of glory.

This reading of Revelation makes so much sense! "...it represents when the people of God get into bed with the powers of this world and ride on the beast of political power." Babylon the Great in Revelation Is Not Rome open.substack.com/pub/jasonsta...

Born in Israel, Dr. Bartov professor of Holocaust and genocide studies, writes: "I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It." And I am just wondering: What would be the message from the OT-prophets? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Things are shaky. But our hope is stable, anchored in the very presence of Father, Son & Holy Spirit! "We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf..." Heb 6

The evil that ravages in the world is more evil than we imagine! But also: God's goodness and love for us all is far deeper and greater than we ever dare to hope! And so is his coming Kingdom, on earth as in heaven...

If you want to be lost in a heartbreaking & hopefilled novel about goodness, friendship & beauty, I recommend Theo of Golden by Allen Levi. Here you can read a sample: www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0CF...

"Living with sadness, accepting it, is easier than trying to pretend it isn't there. It is another of life's great mysteries, that sadness and joy can coexist so compatible with one another." Theo in "Theo of Golden", by Allen Levi. What a wonderful story this book is!

"...Revelation shows us that what stands against the Beast is not a bigger, stronger beast—but a Lamb that is slain." I think you can got some free articles... www.christianitytoday.com/2025/05/lear...

Watching Dove Photo yesterday by my friend

"President Trump is no longer the most important American in the world. He is certainly the most powerful, at least for three more years, but power is only one measure of importance." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/11/o...

"How will Americans know when we have lost our democracy? ...When citizens must think twice about criticizing or opposing the government because they could credibly face government retribution, they no longer live in a full democracy." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...

This is The Blue Virgin on the Swedish East coast right now

Robert pre-pope said this: www.ncronline.org/opinion/gues...

Cardinal Pizzaballa, Jerusalem: "The answer to the violence and to the evil is the cross... The gospel is not an idea or a narrative, it's life..." youtube.com/watch?v=AHIf...

Look at this Moorhen! Photo by my friend next door the other day:

In the morning, foggy weather, Pourville - 1882 #artbots #monet https://botfrens.com/collections/41/contents/3109987

I have a friend waiting patiently for me. Living in the next house.

Newly arrived... Photo from my friend next house