World Vision, Pragmatism and the Fallen Powers A week has passed. The dust has settled. Has it? And everything’s back to the way it was.
Blowing Smoke There are days I walk outside to be with Jesus And sit on a park bench Or under the bridge There are days I leave my room to find Jesus Walking the streets and alleyways There are days I leave the lineup, and stop to bum a light.
World Vision & Church Discipline I’m making a list. A shortlist, so to speak. A short, concise list, of those who, in the wake of this World Vision fiasco, need to come under strict church discipline.
She Knew What it Cost She invites us to count the cost. She invites us to pour out an extravagant gift. She invites us to remain in this love. She invites us to stay.
Remaining in Lent Are you in or out? Remaining, leaving, already gone, or struggling on the threshold?
No Place for a Woman So next time you're putting a woman in her place, might I suggest this: put her in her rightful place. She is a woman of valour. Treat her accordingly.
Creation, Fall and the Two Kingdoms [On the weekend of February 21 and 22, Sylvia Keesmaat and I had the great honour of participating in the TrueCity Conference in Hamilton: “A Tale of Two Kingdoms”.
Longing for Home Homeless. A single word that enables me to label another based on something that I do not understand.
Child of Covenant I can’t even tell you how long I’ve been here, waiting for the fulfillment, for God’s shalom. When all around, the locusts swarm: The Roman hordes, Centurions and Battalions, occupying this land, our hearts and minds.
God is Not in Control I don't buy that there's some underlying meaning to that death, that massacre, that rape, that miscarriage, that war.
So This is Christmas (War Is Not Over) Today is one of the days in the church calendar that I most appreciate – the Slaughter of the Holy Innocents.