About the Contributor(s): Michael Godfrey holds a PhD in New Testament from Australian Catholic University and a MA in Literature from Massey University. An Anglican priest, he has worked in rural and remote, suburban and inner-urban Australia and New Zealand. He serves in a parish south of Darwin, is archdeacon of rural and remote regions of Arnhemland in Australia's Northern Territory, and chaplain of Kormilda College, a secondary college catering to urban and remote Indigenous and non-Indigenous students.

Hebrews is a sermon, and a providentially sermon for our age. This ancient text speaks to a Christ-community descending into an abyss of ennui, losing coordinates of faith and sliding through a back door or nonchalance. With glimpses across the globe and though history, this book attempts to extrapolate meaning for today from a sometimes difficult first century text.


""This book of reflections on the text of Hebrews is told in a lyrical voice by a great storyteller. Michael Godfrey writes as a passionate scholar-priest who values the biblical text, ancient and contemporary tradition, and...