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Brian Walsh

A Ministry of Heartening in Disheartening Times

To be disheartened is an incredible burden to bear. It may sound a tad archaic, but I like the ring of a ministry of heartening.

by Brian Walsh

From Despair to the Peace of Wild Things

If you have ears to hear the word proclaimed by all of creation, if you listen closely to the cosmic voice of God, it sounds just like Jesus.

by Brian Walsh

Evangelicals, Temptation and Apostasy

A church that could so blindly follow a demagogue like Donald Trump has lost its soul.

by Brian Walsh

The Don Valley Baptist (aka, John of the Don)

There was something about this waterside preacher that rang true. I think he was a Baptist.

by Brian Walsh

Magnificat, silence and speech

Notice that it is the theologically trained priest, the one who carefully enacts the liturgies, and teaches the story of God’s covenant faithfulness, who forgets.

by Brian Walsh

Magnificat, 9/11 … and things that you can’t say

Standing before the arrogant hubris that was the World Trade Center  dare one recite, “He has scattered the proud in the imaginations of their hearts”?

by Brian Walsh

God by Our Side: Prayers After the Hurt

When the children's cries pierce the night … we see God, here by our side walking our way

by Brian Walsh

Jesus and the Theological Priority of the Marginalized

When we read the gospels, the issue isn’t “Christ and Care for the Marginalized,” so much as “Jesus and the Theological Priority of the Marginalized.”

by Brian Walsh

Episcopal Authority and the Mission of the Church

Why is it that the main issue around which there is talk about serious disunity is sex? And specifically someone else's sexuality?

by Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat

The Good News of Romans 1 for Same-Sex Marriage

St. Paul's theology of creation at the heart of Romans 1 is good news for same-sex marriage.

by Brian Walsh

The Heresy of Procreative Evangelism

It is shocking and heretical to hear an evangelical describe the biological family, indeed the act of procreation, as the primary form of evangelism.

by Brian Walsh

From Jerusalem to Vancouver: The Pharisees Strike Back

That Bishop Royal’s argument  resonates so well with the conservative and pharisaic voices at the Jerusalem Council should give us pause.

by Brian Walsh

A Bud Osborn Pilgrimage

In memory of Bud Osborn's death, I say, resurrection!

by Brian Walsh

Death’s Sting and Defiant Alleluias

Without the pain of death’s sting, the celebration of resurrection is little more than cultural sentimentality.

by Brian Walsh

Holy Week, Holy Huddle: A Pastoral Letter

We are called, every year, to huddle with the Forsaken One, in the week of his abandonment.

by Brian Walsh

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