Last week I mentioned some of my views on the ethics in the clothing industry. This week, as a follow-up, I want to touch on a different aspect: the environmental impact of what we wear. Again I challenge us to consider how we respond to our call to care for creation, in what we are wearing. Continue reading
When we view the other side of theological spectrum, the other style in worship musicality, or the other person in ministry as a mere obstacle to get around, we are essentially saying “I don’t need you.” When both sides fail to listen and love the other then the church can go no where. Continue reading
What does it mean to be liturgical in 2013? Are our congregations wishing for a deeper level of participation and involvement in the unfolding of our worship? Continue reading
While the Chinese calendar marks 2013 as the year of the Snake, personally, I think it is the year of the Baby. Well, two babies to be exact; two very high profile babies. Continue reading
The church has been given a powerful message, but that message is not about gun laws and civil rights. The message that we have been given is that there can be an end to our feelings of isolation and depressing loneliness; there can be an end to that soul-sapping emptiness that shrouds people in darkness and pain; there can be an end to those dark shadows of death and those expressions of evil. Continue reading
Tucked within the commercial’s humor is the message that the ‘better’ gift is the more expensive gift. Think about it – fruitcake and sausage grinders have nothing in common. Continue reading
She looked at me and said, “It’s a soul song. Most Christmas carols in the malls and stores aren’t. They are all about ‘home’. I never noticed that before this year, but they are all sentimental about going home – and home isn’t always so great, and then the songs about it are depressing.” Continue reading
At the university, Christmas begins before I have even pulled the Advent wreath out of storage! The distance between observing the church year, and the cultural celebration of Christmas is emphasized…And yet, here I am, the Anglican priest on campus, fully participating in all of the Christmas revelry. Continue reading
As the visitor walks past and the greeter silently thrusts a bulletin toward them, what is communicated is a message of: ‘take this bulletin and sit down’ rather than ‘I welcome you to this church’. Continue reading
“Music is well said to be the speech of angels,” according to Thomas Carlyle; how do the angels speak to you? Continue reading
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