Love, Prayer, and Academic Life
It’s been too long since I have spent any concentrated time with the writings of Søren Kierkegaard – but this summer saw something of a […]
It’s been too long since I have spent any concentrated time with the writings of Søren Kierkegaard – but this summer saw something of a […]
The past few days, in the wake of the violence in Orlando, have revealed the challenge that “progressives” and “traditionalists” within the Presbyterian Church have in talking to one another about human sexuality and identity.
Thomas encounters the risen Jesus in this Sunday’s lectionary passage: John 20:19-31. A new poem based on this passage of scripture. Scars Running blind ‘round a […]
There are various reasons why some within The Presbyterian Church in Canada are suggesting that a Declaratory Act is just what the church needs in the […]
Like most Canadians, I don’t make it a habit to read judgments written by the Supreme Court of Canada. Rather, I rely on journalists and […]
God is good. All the time? On the final day of a recent study trip to Cuba, one of our Pentecostal students led morning devotions […]
My final sermon as minister of Kensington Presbyterian Church, from this past Sunday. — Clothing has always been a significant part of human identity. Historically […]
My parents are immigrants to Canada. My mom and dad came to this country with their families, from the Netherlands, in 1951 and 1952 respectively. […]
It seems that a truce has been called in the so-called worship wars. Or at least I seem to hear a lot less these days about worship […]
Daisy Tsai describes her work, presently on display at Luz Gallery, Montreal, with these words: Painting is habit-defying labour… As our world dazzles, rushes, and […]
We will use this litany this Sunday at Kensington – written with the kids in mind! This is a great day; a beautiful day. […]
PALM SUNDAY by Roland De Vries hymn Time-pressed sedimentary, igneous, metamorphic rocks Burst with anticipation that, human voices stayed, Their moment of unlocked […]
A litany written for this Palm Sunday – with kids very much in mind! It will be led by a child at Kensington, in French. […]
Questions of identity preoccupy us – much more than has ever been the case, historically speaking. This is so on account of the leisure time […]
In our digital age it’s not always easy to register an appropriate or meaningful emotional response when sad or difficult news reaches us from far-off places, […]
A sermon preached at the memorial service for the Rev. Dr. Ian Victor, held at the Presbyterian College. Based on Jeremiah 1:1-10. ______________ God says […]
A sermon from the end of the last liturgical year. This morning we come to the end of the church year. Over the past twelve […]
The prophet Isaiah offers us a remarkable poem to set us moving in the right direction this advent. It’s actually a poem that doesn’t belong […]
How do you love a guy whose sex life and personal life are marked by instances of abuse and violence toward women?