The Main Wycliffe Blog

The Rev. Dr Catherine Sider-Hamilton, Professor of New Testament at Wycliffe College, on bullet holes, cathedral walls, war wounds, smiling angels and hope.

Professor Lissa Wray Beal explores love, power, and justice through the lens of the Kingship Psalms, and the dimensions of a souvenir bought on a cathedral's steps in Europe.

Katharina Schütz Zell’s life was a testament to the transformative power of being rooted and grounded in Christ’s love. For Schutz Zell, this was not a passive spiritual posture but the foundation from which she challenged ecclesial norms.

Professor Peter Robinson invites theology students to consider what practices will sustain them in knowing and loving God as they pursue studies.

Theological education created a space in which Wycliffe Principal Dr Kristen Deede Johnson discovered the richness of the triune God of grace. That changed everything.

No matter the season, Rev. Philip Stonhouse invites us to consider the antidote to culture's ubiquitous call to productivity: live slowly, and practice discernment grounded in Jesus’ character and the presence of the Holy Spirit.

Rev. Dr Patrick McManus on how the hazy days of summer become extraordinary when considered in the light of the God.

"What if being rooted in Christ’s love is saying no to isolation and accepting the gift of love offered on the ground by the people right around me?" writes Amber Tremblett. "Because what is that if not the immanence of God? This latest foray into my anxious world has reminded me to look for God. In scripture and in prayer, yes, but also in all the moments of my life."

"In that experience of cancer and radiation and steroids, where was God? The answers, as so often, are rather surprising," Professor Emeritus John Bowen on the presence of God as he navigated chemotherapy.

In this personal essay, Dr Jeremy McClung leads the reader to a profound truth: God uses our in-between times to teach us how to get our sense of security from Him.