Charles Ringma tssf has published ‘A Pocket Christian Catechism: Keeping the faith in the challenges of the 21st Century.’ It is available from Amazon for $20 + postage. The Foreword describes what the reader can expect in Charles’ new book. Foreword Many pastors, scholars, and pundits have opined the gradual— and sometimes not so gradual—decline … Continue reading A new engaging book on the teachings of Christian faith
In the Midst of Much-Doing: Cultivating a Missional Spirituality by Charles Ringma tssf Published by Langham Global [Due mid 2023] Reviewed by Archbishop Mark Coleridge Some time ago Charles Ringma gave me a book he had co-edited, Of Martyrs, Monks and Mystics: A Yearly Meditational Reader of Ancient Spiritual Wisdom. I was impressed by the … Continue reading Charles Ringma’s new book reviewed
…the more diverse but cooperative the witness and service of the people of God can be, the greater the possibility of its impact.
FORGIVENESS: A FRANCISCAN REFLECTION By Evan Pederick tssf A talk given to members of the Third Order, Society of St Francis Hobart April 2022; evanpederick@gmail.com ____________________________________________________________________________ I decided to speak this afternoon about forgiveness when I noticed that the Gospel we will hear tomorrow, the third Sunday of Easter, teaches us about the connection between … Continue reading Forgiveness: a Franciscan reflection
Prayer in the Midst of Crisis By Charles Ringma tssf It seems that one way or another our world has become more precarious – the COVID pandemic, the war in the Ukraine and its possible long-term implications, rising prices and flat wages, the effects of global warming, and our deep-seated anxieties about our governments and … Continue reading Praying in a time of Crisis
Book review – A Fragile Hope: Cultivating a Hermitage of the Heart – Charles Ringma tssfPublisher: Cascade BooksISBN 9781725287013Reviewed by Terry Gatfield tssf Charles Ringma comes as no stranger to the bookshelves of many Christians in Australia and to many in the international community. Whereas most theologians have developed one major field of enquiry Ringma … Continue reading The Fragile Heart – Tertiary Charles Ringma’s latest book
Christians reminds me of C.S. Lewis’ Mere Christianity, and Christians is a more entertaining read than Lewis.
How are we to discern in our world what is most pressing regarding the way the church is to be in the world?
by Evan Pederick tssf, Perth WA, July 2021; evanpederick@gmail.com Talk given to the Perth Third Order members Abstract In this paper I look at the spiritual theology of the 13th-century theologian, St Bonaventure. I suggest that because of the arguments affecting the Franciscan order at the time Bonaventure becomes Minister-General in 1257, his major work … Continue reading St Bonaventure’s Itinerarium as a bridge from Francis to the Franciscans
A Divided Christendom. Can the Idea of a “Third Race” Help Us? by Charles Ringma tssf We seem to be living in a very different time to the 20th century when churches were concerned about the lack of unity of the church and its implications for the witness of the church in society. This concern … Continue reading Christians: The third Race?
