Author Archives: Kyle Norman
About Kyle Norman
I am a Priest in the Diocese of Calgary, serving the wonderful people of Holy Cross, Calgary. I watch reality television, I drink Starbucks coffee, and I read celebrity gossip columns. I am also a magician and often use magic tricks to teach the children at church the lessons of the Bible. I believe that God is present in the intricacy of our lives, and thus I believe that Pop Culture can provide intriguing lessons, examples, and challenges for our lives of faith. Connect with Kyle on Google+The divine singing
God’s song is always being sung. Sometimes we don’t hear it through the noise of our lives. Yet the outer and inner chaos of life never stops the singing, nor does it thwart the loving presence of God. Continue reading
Holy algorithms
Algorithms for Holy living help us live our lives in devotion and faithfulness. When our lives are tempted to get twisted around, these holy rules help us twist the cube of our spiritual lives back to the presence of work of Jesus. Continue reading
Preaching tragedy
I want to pose a question: Is a 13 minute sermon on the latest tragedy in the world helpful or edifying for the church? What do you think when a preacher ‘preaches tragedy’? Continue reading
Parking and the question of motivation in my prayers
Have you ever prayed for a parking space? Have you ever considered the motivations that lie behind your prayers? Why do you pray what you pray? Are your prayers more about the life of Jesus, or the life of the self? Continue reading
A promise for the hurting
There are seasons in life where everything seems to be difficult and troublesome, and sometimes In those places it is easy for us to feel that we are alone and that God has abandoned us. But is this true? Is there a promise we can cling to? Continue reading
Eliminating hurry
When we live in a world with so much noise and busyness, is the way forward really more activity? The only way we combat restlessness is by engaging in rest. Adding more activity onto a restless soul will simply keep it from experiencing the quietness in needs for its own restoration. Continue reading
Morning by Morning
My wife, who has a profound gift of noticing things I do not, said to me a while ago “Did you know that the first thing you do in the morning is to go look at your phone?’ She was, of course, entirely correct. What does it say about where my heart is directed, if my devotional life is pushed behind my emails? Is there a better way to enter the day? Continue reading
Does Jesus want me to be happy?
What is the ultimate goal of our lives? What are we called to pursue beyond all else? Or, to ask it another way, does Jesus want us to be happy? Continue reading
Chickpeas & the management of impressions
I keep chickpeas on my shelf to serve as a reminder that I need to continually put down my desire for approval, for accolades, for acceptance. It reminds me that my identity is to be based on who I am as a child of God. Continue reading
Rending hearts
If we rend our garments and not our hearts, at the end of Lent all we are left with are torn clothes. Nothing will change in our lives. Continue reading
