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Tell me where it hurts

Nobody likes pain. But pain serves a useful purpose. Sadly, what works with pointy stick and rocks doesn’t work with emotional pain. Continue reading

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The Lord be with you!

A simple statement, and a deeply personal and profound prayer: The Lord Be With You! Continue reading

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My hour has not yet come: future creates present

Does cause precede effect? Not necessarily, when Jesus gets involved. We are who we will be. The future is creating the present if we yield to the call of true life. Continue reading

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Becoming Real

What does it look like when the church embraces this version of baptismal life that takes us into the muck? When we are offered, not purity, but truth as the way to lift the burdens of guilt that we so naturally carry? Continue reading

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Unexpected

The good news of Montreal’s photobombing snowy owl travelled fast and well. Can Christians learn from this example? Continue reading

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The Baptism of the Lord

The Baptism of the Lord reveals to us the narrative of the beginning of the call of Jesus, and the triune presence and also reveals what baptism is for us. Continue reading

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Flesh made Word

The future of the cosmos the fulfillment of life itself, rests in our hands. It is up to us, fragile, human beings, made in His image and given the extraordinarily dangerous gift of freewill. Continue reading

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Get on the camel

The Magi did nothing more than respond to the instance of grace by doing the most simplest of actions; they got on their camels and followed. Continue reading

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Prayer for a New Year

A prayer of thanksgiving for the New Year. Continue reading

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It all went wrong

Despite things going ‘wrong,’ Christmas was (and IS!) still Christmas, when the focus moves away from human expectations into divine reality. Continue reading

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