Kester Brewin

Tag: Gift

  • The Courage to Create

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    Have just started reading The Courage to Create which was given to me last week. Prometheus, Adam and Eve, courage in the face of a changing society, creative archetypes… It’s been a very stimulating read so far discussing from a psychologist’s perspective where the creative impulse comes from. Publishers Weekly call it “A signal testimonial…

  • Thoughts on Newness and Creativity

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    In ‘The Meaning Of Jesus’ (see previous posts) Wright argues from 1Cor 15 that because Paul urges his readers to "be steadfast, unmoved, abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that in the Lord your work is not in vain" the ‘new creation’ that we are awaiting at the resurrection will in some ways…

  • Love Thy Neighbour

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    So London comes under attack again… and this time, thankfully, the amateurish bombers didn’t get their devices right. I’ve been thinking over Christ’s summary of the Law – to love God, and love your neighbour… as you love yourself. And I suppose the first thing that springs to mind in the light of these attacks…

  • Gift Exchange and Terror

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    I’ve recently finished ‘The Songlines"  by Bruce Chatwin. It’s a wonderful book using some travels he made among aboriginal peoples in Australia to reflect on humanity and our common roots as nomads. In one section he records a meeting with Konrad Lorenz, whose book ‘On Aggression’ I am now reading. It’s a controversial thesis in…