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 […]
When I sat down this morning, I planned to write about the Toronto Public Library, but sunshine got in the way. It’s been one of […]
Lord, you know what it’s like to lead. The rest of us can only imagine the cacophony of personalities and competing priorities, the stress and […]
On this Canada Day, I encourage you to pray for the nation we treasure. It was founded on strong Christian principles, not least demonstrated by […]
Yes, I’ve been making pie. With the best intentions, of course. You see, a wise friend of mine once told me that a sure-fire way […]
I seem to have troubling finding things… in the fridge. No matter how hard I look, things like bread, mayonnaise or pickles always seem to […]
We never realize how much we rely on our technology until something goes wrong with it. I spent a good chunk of yesterday morning trying […]
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.
Maybe it is September in the air. Maybe it’s the sense of new beginning just around the corner. Or maybe it’s that the Spouse has […]
I’m increasingly convinced that we don’t need more time or less tasks—but clearer priorities. Albert Einstein had 24 hours a day. So did Michelangelo. And Jesus! […]
Anthony Ross was a rugged Scot known for eloquent speech. But an illness took his voice. He would never speak the same way again—but he […]
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, […]
In two weeks’ time, I’ve got a lovely assignment. I’ve been asked to say grace before the meal at the wedding of two dear friends. […]
Benedict of Nursia (480-543) is best known as the father of modern monasticism; his feast day, for those who mark such celebrations, is today, July […]
Do your own prayers ever bore you? Do you sometimes come to the end of your prayers and wonder how you actually got there?
Many of you tell me, “I want to work on my prayer life.” And some of you have made this a part of your personal-growth-agenda […]
It all changes when prayer stops being something you know youshould do, and starts being something you want to do. Prayer is air. But… We can get stifled, […]
Lately, my wife has busied her evenings with scrapbooking. She’s not one of those scrapbookers – you know who you are! – who work meticulously […]
I have always found as much inspiration and grace in writing prayers for Sunday morning worship as I have found in sermon-writing – often more. […]