“Preach to the bereaved and you will always have an audience,” is a statement that I read years ago. I have since lost the name of the author, but I have thanked him many times when I was sharing my faith through my writings.
In my first post in this series, I explored my own identity as a preacher’s kid – and the challenge this represented in terms of […]
My Keurig and I have an understanding. It will work for me provided I put a little effort in. I need to buy the coffee […]
Did you notice it? As the bombs went off at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, some of the runners didn’t stop running. A […]
Normally, after a week that has had so much “news” – everything from an ice storm to bombs going off – I would write to […]
Last weekend I attended a two day event about young people and their engagement in the church. It specifically looked at the Hemorrhaging Faith report […]
Will our kids believe? Do they? This is a big question. Even before I had kids I was reading about our own homes being mission […]
I’ve just finished reading a lovely book by Rod Dreher entitled The Little way of Ruthie Leming. It tells the story of his sister’s struggle with […]
My son is laying in his room complaining to his Dad about bed time. He’s not ready to go. There are more books to be […]
“Much prating piffle has been spouted over this squall in a teacup.” There’s something very classy about editorial writing in the Scotsman newspaper… First, I […]
I rather like electrical storms and even when living in Orillia, Ontario, which had powerful electrical storms every summer, I never once was frightened.
Janice Craig was born and bred in Swansea. And from the start Morningside Presbyterian Church, in Toronto ‘s west end, has always been part of […]
Yesterday, where I live, we had one of those rare late-season “snow days”. The school buses were cancelled, and warnings were being issued all over […]
My husband is amazing and discovered iTunes Match this week which lets me stream my entire collection of music anywhere I go. I’m not entirely […]
Heather MacDonald Archer, a child of the manse, has a litany of churchy memories. Heather’s father E. Grant MacDonald, her great-uncle F. Grant Macdonald and […]
Ever feel like an outsider because you have had some doubts? In your faith? As if everyone else has seen Jesus personally and therefore exudes […]
Every night before bed my son and I read together. He dives under the covers and we read stories that take us to far away […]
Quid pro quo. You do something for me and I’ll do something for you. It’s an eminently reasonable formula, and I’d like to propose just […]
Lectionary reading is a funny discipline. Sometimes on Monday morning, it feels like it’s all about one verse. The others verses circle to provide context, but one verse demands attention. But today, it’s two whole stories, see-sawing back and forth, and I’m finding the balance in the middle.
Peanuts have not only a shell but a skin that has to be removed. You can try to eat the skins but they always stick in my throat.