Today’s post is really just a way to open up a space in The Community for preachers to process our response to the refugee crisis. Sometimes we just need to wait another week for good news.. Continue reading
I pray for children who have now seen, through the accessible window of the internet, the sacrifice of one of their own . Children who look at this picture need to be able to talk about what they have seen. How can we start the discussion? Continue reading
The picture. Yes—“that” picture that started circulating yesterday of the 3 year old boy washed up on the beach in Turkey. One of God’s children without hope is too many and every refugee on this God given earth, is one of God’s children. Continue reading
How different is it now when water and blood drop from headless corpses strung from colonnades built millennia ago? When refugees wash up drowned on our shores, or fall out of sealed four wheeled tombs? Continue reading
The early church had a saying: “Cultivate silence and it will teach you everything.” How long does it take you to be uncomfortable with silence? Continue reading
There was a note left in the apple tree. The Name of God We Hear copy
Written in pencil, folded twice by 3… Continue reading
Our role is varied. We do everything from the weekly bulletin and answering phone calls and e-mails, to lending an ear when it’s needed, reassuring a stressed out bride, and sometimes, comforting somebody when they have lost a loved one. It is our job to be able to anticipate the needs of others before they ask, or sometimes even before they are aware they need it! Continue reading
My mission project was to incorporate humour into sharing the gospel with people. I did stand-up routines in comedy clubs and my local church, and also hosted a night of dialogue on with religious and non-religious people on the humour of God. Continue reading
Open up the back door you will see,
Below the window to the sacristy… Continue reading
When we think of sacred space, do we automatically think of the church? Have we lost the understanding that church is a place we go to meet God? Continue reading
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