See the glass half full!
“What goes into a mind comes out in a life,” wrote A.W. Tozer, the great Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor from the 20th century. He […]
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Be Our Primary Disease (A Pray for Us—with apologies to Walter Brueggemann)
Stuff gets into us. A germ here, a seed of spiritual sickness there. You think you’re opening the door for a special gift delivery and […]
Congregational Aesthetics – beyONd our walls (3/3)
In this short blog series I’ve been exploring this question: What is the aesthetic profile of your congregation. Otherwise put: What do the artwork and […]
Vintage Bathtub
When my first daughter was born I was living 3000 miles away from home in a tiny apartment…just my husband and me and this scary […]
Healing Through Community
by Gordon Kellett Elder and member of what has been the Canim Lake House Church There have been many changes in our house church services […]
Dayspring
Here, we have everything. The healed and the witnesses. The doubters and the worriers. Tradition and threat, Sabbath rest and holy healing. Identity and history. All our worries, our concerns and pragmatisms trying to make sense of wonder and grace, all our fear. And at the centre, Jesus as the light of the world.
Taking the risk
It’s hard to believe that a large commercial jetliner could just vanish. The loved ones of those who were flying on Malaysian Airlines flight 370 […]
Losing Self? — Faith, Memory, Identity
We’ve all had that feeling of disorientation at some point. Perhaps you are staying in a hotel somewhere, or visiting family for a few days. […]
Australian Lamingtons
“My mother had a Presbyterian temperament although she was brought up Church of England,” says Jenny Dickson. She adds her mother, Margaret Fairie, married a […]
The wilted reverend: How to write a great eulogy
Last week, I found myself a little wilted after listening to eleven eulogies in only two funeral services. Yes, eleven. And while I listened to […]
Wind-shaped
There is a vigorous rhythm in this story, too. A daring back-and-forth, part-dancing, part-debate as the woman questions Jesus, getting to the heart of the question that separates them as Samaritans and Jews.
Lhoosk’uz (Kluskus)
By Jon Wyminga “Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom and healing every […]
A Gift Refused
Recently I was given a gift of money from some friends…friends who are not particularly well off and so I knew it was a sacrificial gift. The money was for a non-profit agency.
When Dishwashers Attack
This morning started out like any other day. I got up and brewed myself a decaf Keurig coffee. I drank it pretending it was fully […]
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Whiter than snow
Talking about the weather is something that’s about as Canadian as it gets. And there’s been plenty to talk about this year. Earlier this week, […]
congregational aesthetics: a LIVING faith (2/3)
In this short blog series I’m exploring this question: What is the aesthetic profile of your congregation? Every congregation has an aesthetic profile, a profile […]
I have five hundred new friends but they are rather quiet. And wiggly.
Well, I haven’t actually counted, but I am told there are about five hundred in a half pound of worms. They are Red Wigglers and […]
The Open Ocean – the Final (Food) Frontier
Walking down the frozen food aisle of the supermarket with all the packets of frozen fish and other sea foods, I give little thought to […]
Poke the Bear
For some unknown reason my son has started getting up between the hours of 2 and 3 every morning. He sneaks into our room quietly […]