ECUMENISM
God always takes the initiative
Frank Johnson looks back at Pope Francis’ recent historic meeting in Sweden with the Lutheran Church. It would have been unthinkable just a few years ago that a pope would travel to a Lutheran country and publicly admit to the positive aspects of Martin Luther’s reformation.
WORD IN ACTION
Making assumptions
A mother discovers that she is worrying needlessly about one of her sons.
POLITICS
Be the change you want to see in the world
Michal Siewniak argues that we need to actively engage in politics starting in our own local communities, if we are to build and advance real democratic processes.
SPIRITUALITY OF UNITY
The key: Jesus crucified and forsaken
Each year the Focolare Movement focuses on a key point of the spirituality of unity. This year the theme is on Jesus crucified and forsaken – ‘the suffering God’. Chiara Lubich explains her discovery of him as the key to unity.
SPIRITUALITY OF UNITY
Word of Life – January 2017
For the love of Christ urges us on (2 Cor. 5: 14).
Urged on by Christ we too can live the radical love that is God’s very nature and seek in all things and in all ways to build relationships of unity with others – especially among Christians of different Churches.
TREASURES FROM THE PAST
Who am I?
This month our business manager: Rumold van Geffen, chooses an article from the New City archives which made an impact upon him in 1974.
REFLECTION
Beyond the rood screen
David White reflects on how an ancient rood screen within a medieval church can become a symbol of our spiritual journey today.
PROFILE
Who’s who? Part 8
The series continues with another opportunity to get to know more about the lives behind those who contribute to New City magazine.
Dorothy Robinson, Rumold van Geffen, Sarah Finch, Graham Doyle
ARTS
Adoration of the Magi
During this period of Epiphany, Pat Kane shares her insights on the ‘Adoration of the Magi’ by Andrea Mantegna.
POETRY
The Button
By Ivor Bundell
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