Candy, Clothes and Music
Clothing RedBubble has got good stuff and offensive stuff. It’s big, so you have to search around a bit. They sell clothes—odd clothes. Personally, I […]
Life
Lesson from a Birdfeeder
“I wonder why we don’t see that little hawk feeding at our birdfeeders anymore?” Linda was standing at the kitchen window and pondering out loud.
Caught Between Two Cultures
Second generation Canadians find the immigrant church they grew up in to be an institution that is out of touch, irrelevant and intolerant.
Vote With Vision
Chasing public opinion leads to the bottom. A politician can always find broad public favour in the lowest common denominator.
Drawing Closer to God
Here are a few simple exercises you can try. Keep in mind, though, that the value of these exercises is not in the practice itself, but in the preparation it provides for drawing close to God.
Otters on the Dock
“Shhhhh. Don’t wake up Addy, but come and see. The Otter People are on our dock.”
That ‘Presbyterian’ Thing
The Presbyterian Smoke If you are like me, every once in a while you delve back into the unsavoury world of smoking. No, I’m not […]
The Voice of the Bell
“Can you see anything? Are they coming yet?” Elizabeth, our church administrator and I squinted up the street. Standing at the open church door, gripping the bell rope, we were ready to ring our bell and cheer the Truth and Reconciliation marchers on their way
Desperate Rituals
July I went to a Dionysian wedding. Dionysian?, you ask. Sure; that’s what they said. It was an attempt to create a new ritual where confidence and faith in old rituals had disappeared.
At Last an Understanding
Just as soldiers who went to fight did not hear of the Holocaust until after they returned, so we who were raised in Canada were never taught the story of residential schools.
Religious Freedom, Secular Values
Two recent superior court decisions have stated that while religious institutions have the right to their beliefs, the propagation of those beliefs must be framed within secular standards.
Visiting WICM
Now that the TRC has come to a close, a challenge for us as citizens of both God’s Kingdom and Canada, will be that our First Nations and Aboriginal peoples continue to be a priority of our mission and outreach mandates.
The Potter and the Clay
Have you ever played with clay? I have, and it’s hard and thick.
One Sunday Afternoon
It started, as these things often do, from the unlikeliest source: The Committee to Nominate Standing Committees.
I Made It!
People have asked me, what was it like? It was a wonderful experience, but not easy.
Blurred Lines
Hipster Church We’ve all seen them. They sit in coffee shops with travel case record players. They have old-school telephone receivers attached to their brand […]
Our Connection to Creation
The blur going past us to the boatshed down by the lake was our grandson, Jacob. In about 30 seconds Jacob was on the end of the dock.
Prayers of the People
These are but a few of the prayers commissioners wrote at General Assembly for the Presbyterian Church.
The Bible in a Year
From a Garden to a City is a daily devotional that touches upon all the books of the Bible over the course of 365 days.
Proving God
Tithing The world is a crazy place. That’s why three mega-church pastors pretending to be accountants and bad white rappers pushing the congregation for 10 […]