The scriptural and social background Tom explores shows how subversive Jesus was. St. Mark’s careful structuring of the entry into...

The apostles’ reaction to Jesus’ insistence that he must go to Jerusalem to die showed that the way of the cross was the opposite in all...

In the first half, Tom explains the three year cycle of readings on Sunday and the choice of passages to be included was the result of...

Introduction to Matthew – Gospel Origins Kingdom Sermon on the Mount Beatitudes But I say to you... Pray... fast... give End Times

Understanding the way the Risen Jesus is present and how this presence changes things.

How is the resurrected Jesus different from the person before death?

The Last Supper The Garden of Gethsemene I The Garden of Gethsemene II Arrest Trials – Jewish Trials – Roman Holy Week

A ‘fictitious letter’ written by the ‘Beloved Disciple’, using imagination to lead us through the real events of Holy Week, and inviting...

An examination of how treating the cross in isolation from Jesus' life and Resurrection often leads to a misunderstanding of why he died...

Talk given in Bootle, 2009. 2660 words. The last week of Jesus’ life in the context of the whole of his life,

2921 words After exploring and explaining the differences between the Gospel accounts of the death of Jesus, Tom outlines how, over the...

Talk given in Maghull, 2010 3573 words Tom explains the ancient roots of the Passover celebration...

Talk given in Bootle, 2009 4720words Details of the timetable and technicalities of the trial before the Sanhedrin, with a detailed...

Word count: 365 This is a short meditation, in the voice of a contemporary disciple, on the significance of the Last Supper within the...

A brief reflection on the Samaritan woman at the well about our inner-thirst reflecting the prior thirst of God for us and saying YES to...

An exploration of what we celebrate, and what we are drawn into, in the Eucharist through an examination of the four movements in the...

Tom considers the celebration of the Eucharist in four movements, reflecting on how it is a realistic Thanksgiving, not just of ‘all...