Which Jesus do we want? Do we want a safe, inflatable Jesus—or one who can be uncomfortable, but is full of power? Continue reading
Lent is about journeying into the miraculous freedom of Easter. Fasting and abstinence are not intended to be self improvement plans, like losing 10 pounds for summer swim wear, or to be rewarded for our heroic ascetic achievement. Continue reading
How do we respond to the change that Millennials are bringing to the church? They are children of the information age: shunning chequing accounts for e-transfers, accessing Wikipedia.com for instant clarification rather than reading through reams of documents in an encyclopedia and touching base with friends via text and Instagram while avoiding telephone land-lines altogether. Continue reading
Extremely plump squirrels, and summer flies in the middle of December seem rather insignificant. That is, until we realize the interconnectedness of it all. Continue reading
As the wearer of a ring knows it well, so too does God know us—the pleasant, the well marked, the hidden. Continue reading
Jesus is the most terrifying of friends. Continue reading
Fellowship demands grace and forgiveness. The fact is, we are fragile people. We have cracks and scars, and none of us are free from brokenness. As we live out our fellowship in Christ Jesus, we do so with the acknowledgement that we must continually cling to the gracious love of God. Continue reading
As we pray for the world’s refugees and internally displaces peoples, may our prayers be felt from our hearts, may our prayers be heard from our lips, may our prayers be known by our actions. Continue reading
The penultimate is the stage just preceding the last or final. It is a preparation and exists on behalf of the ultimate. The sufferings we face, the ordeal, the cross, sin itself belongs to the chronology of linear time and is in preparation for fulfillment. Continue reading
I was born January 15, 1986, 13 weeks premature. Like most premature babies I had underdeveloped lungs and was required to be put on a vent. Another common trauma faced by many preemies are brain bleeds. I was no exception, and suffered a significant bleed in the right hemisphere of the brain. Continue reading
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