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Liam Byrnes

Christmas
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Liam Byrnes

Christmastide: A Time to Escape or Inhabit?

Most religions are trying to answer the big questions. Who am I? What are we here for? The common malady of humanity is that unless (as the saying goes) we have been given eyes to see, we won’t see things

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December 21, 2021 No Comments
A Short Theology of Dog Ownership
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Liam Byrnes

A Short Theology of Dog Ownership

In our almost 11 years of living in South Africa, I have become socialised by the surrounding culture to own a dog and a pickup truck… or what locals call a bakkie. I am yet to purchase a bakkie, but

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August 25, 2020 2 Comments
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Liam Byrnes

Ruling and Vulnerability

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Flourish or Fall

As we discussed in the 1st blog in this series, Genesis opens with a majestic, broad sweeping account of God inaugurating the functions of the cosmos to establish a beautiful, abundant creation in which He will rule and reign and

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February 25, 2020 1 Comment
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Liam Byrnes

Abundance and Beauty

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Flourish or Fall

Genesis opens with a majestic, broad sweeping account of God inaugurating the functions of the cosmos to establish a beautiful, abundant creation in which He will rule and reign and dwell with humanity. Here, humanity is made to flourish as

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February 11, 2020 No Comments
Going Deeper
Liam Byrnes

Haunted by (Un)belief | Discipleship in a Secular Age

Early on when I was learning the guitar, I would try and identify the key a song was played in by trying to play a major scale over the music. This was the beginning of what is commonly referred to

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October 22, 2019 No Comments
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Liam Byrnes

This is Easter Sunday

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Easter Series 2019

Today, we are posting an adaptation from a devotional produced as a Capstone Project for the Centre’s MA in Christian Formation and Discipleship which begins again in February 2020. If you are interested to find out more about the next

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April 21, 2019 No Comments
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Liam Byrnes

This is a Holy and Silent Saturday

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Easter Series 2019

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Easter Sunday, we will be posting an adaptation from a devotional produced as a Capstone Project for the Centre’s MA in Christian Formation and Discipleship which begins again in February 2020. If you are interested to

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April 20, 2019 No Comments
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Liam Byrnes

This is Good Friday?

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Easter Series 2019

Today, Tomorrow and Easter Sunday we will be posting an adaptation from a devotional produced as a Capstone Project for the Centre’s MA in Christian Formation and Discipleship which begins again in February 2020. If you are interested to find

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April 19, 2019 No Comments
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Liam Byrnes

Christmastide: A Time to Escape or Inhabit?

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series The Christian Calendar

Most religions are trying to answer the big questions. Who am I? What are we here for? The common malady of humanity is that unless (as the saying goes) we have been given eyes to see, we won’t see things

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December 25, 2018 2 Comments
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Liam Byrnes

Practising Advent Time

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series The Christian Calendar

In the previous two posts, we have reflected on how we view and move through time. I introduced the Christian calendar, which was the way early Christians recruited time to be a tool for transformation rather than just a passive

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December 18, 2018 No Comments
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