Whatever your personal belief of the military, and of the Day dedicated to Remembrance, I hope and pray that we might all take time for prayer. Continue reading
If we were to turn this mindset of scarcity on its head, we would encounter all kinds of reasons why people should give—and give up front, before everything else takes priority. As a stewardship educator, I am convinced that people want to give. Continue reading
When I baptize infants I often tell the parents that having a child baptized but never bringing them to church is like having a child adopted but then never letting them go to live with their adopted family. Continue reading
Does your church still do coffee/fellowship after church? Or are we too busy now? I wonder if even the act of ‘holding a cup’ is enough to slow us down to relate to each other. Continue reading
It’s much easier to plan my own community and invite them to join. But it doesn’t work that way. In fact, I would submit that the kingdom of God doesn’t work that way either. Do you remember how frustrated Jesus’ disciples got with him when he just kept hanging around building relationships rather than taking real action? But the man knew what he was up to. Continue reading
Are soccer games and kitten videos getting in the way of people coming to church? Is the answer the mere removal of these obstacles? Or, do we use these things as clever gimmicks to ‘hook’ people? What if there is there something deeper going on? Continue reading
A pause of a few seconds can allow an aging, slowing parishioner to be literally on the same page as the rest of the congregation. It’s only 2 seconds, but it’s a big thing. Continue reading
Jian Ghomeshi is a monster…. a friend at dinner last night referenced the word monster as sharing a common root with the word monstrance – it holds up for us something that is important to see. And in the seeing, there is learning. Continue reading
The events in Ottawa last week still resonate with many across this country. In the public, political, social, and religious spheres, there is much conversation, as many work through the shock and reality of the death of a soldier and gunman in our nation’s capital. Continue reading
With the daily rise and fall of personalities, I wonder if sainthood is something any of us truly want to claim for ourselves. Does any one of us want to be the holder of such a lofty title, from which it is so easy…and so far…to fall away? Continue reading
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