Oh How Hard It Is To Name Our Baby!
Perhaps you have some wisdom to help. My wife is expecting our third child. What a mind-blowing blessing. Hurricanes of gratitude coupled with wide fields […]
Perhaps you have some wisdom to help. My wife is expecting our third child. What a mind-blowing blessing. Hurricanes of gratitude coupled with wide fields […]
Birthdays make you think about how young you are. They could make you think about how old you are too—but I’m thinking more positive these […]
“Gay” used to mean happy. “Sick” used to mean illness. “Cool” meant put on a sweater. Right now I’m just relaxing on vacation (and yes, […]
Forget face lifts. Here are some life lifts. Much of my work includes swimming in currents of words that lead to channels of growth and […]
Ever feel like you work for the internet? I decided to dedicate one day to “no technology.” I give myself a B for my efforts. […]
Many of you will eat pancakes today. Why? Tomorrow some people will have ashes on their foreheads. Huh? And some of you will “give up” […]
Prayer is like the ocean. You know about it, but you don’t. Just because you can swim doesn’t mean you’re an expert on the mind-blowing […]
Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does a good God allow suffering? Harold Kushner asked these questions especially after his son was […]
It’s the world’s most shop-lifted book! 50 copies are sold every minute. It’s the global #1 best-seller. It’s the most quoted and most influential single-volume […]
You don’t know what you believe until you say it. This statement is at the heart of what confession is about. Words have power. Whoever […]
Bono said that “music can change the world because it can change people.” I love that. Music has an unsuspecting power ready to spring up […]
Life in 2013 has been quiet thus far. I made two batches of potatoes for dinner tonight {one with chives, the other with cheese} and […]
It was a high school party on December 31st. At 11:55 p.m. a friend I played hockey with said his resolution was to quit smoking. […]
I first began to blog in 2008. I’ve always enjoyed writing, especially short, inspirational pieces and thought blogging would be a good way to use […]
Re Beyond Sunday School Faith, and Sola Scriptura, November Hindus define God only in negative terms: neti, neti, neti. Not this, not that, and so […]
I recently travelled to Stratford, Ont., to see Jesus Christ Superstar for the first time in my life. The rock musical hit the stage in […]
I recently travelled to Stratford, Ont., to see Jesus Christ Superstar for the first time in my life. The rock musical hit the stage in […]
The 16th – century reformers—Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, Knox and others—were derisively nicknamed, “the Sola – ists.” They distilled the essence of the gospel in five […]
The first time I met BeBe, she was in hospice care at Agape House, Hamilton, Bermuda. It was not a good day for her. She […]
August 14: Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Isaiah 56:1,6-8 Matthew 15:21-28 The most democratic place in Halifax is the north end of Seaview Park. You don’t […]