Lucky coincidence. Bad luck. Unfortunate. Happy ending. Pure luck. These are just a few examples of the many phrases and expressions that we use every day to describe the happenings in our lives. They have in common the assumption that things can happen without any logical reason, cause or explanation. Moreover, things happen without our own input, or contrary to…
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To put it mildly, Thomas is rather reluctant to believe in Jesus’ resurrection! He makes his position on that very clear: ‘Unless I see the holes that the nails made in his hands and can put my finger into the holes they made, and unless I can put my hand into his side, I refuse to believe.’ His words are…
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The sad, grieving women came to Jesus’ tomb to finish the traditional treatment of the dead which they’d had to abandon on the late Friday afternoon. Jesus’ lifeless body had hastily been laid down in the tomb as time had been running out. For the women it supposed to be the beginning of their mourning leading eventually to closure. Instead…
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Last autumn we heard about the sad and tragic incident that happened in Cults Academy in Aberdeen, where a teenage boy died after being stabbed. The news was shocking, particularly as it took place in a leafy area of the city, not known for gang culture or knife violence. The final act of that incident is now taking place in…
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‘Good news is no news.’ Put that way round this might sound rather odd, but it’s the reality of most media outlets. Nothing sells better than bad news comprising tragedies, disasters, scandals or controversies. Good news sells well only when there’s a happy ending to an unhappy chain of events. Now, I could complain about media editors feeding on our…