Joanne and the Virgin Mary by Joanna Moon Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve been reflecting on my friendship with Joanne, a tall, beautiful, transgendered, aboriginal woman who very recently took her own life.
Keening for the Dawn: Welcome to Advent A (beginning) Review of Steve Bell’s new cd, Keening for Dawn: Christmastide (Signpost Music, 2012).
Hastings and Main by Andrew Stephens-Rennie We bow down …in praise and discomfort …in confusion and agony and joy All the while …the newsman naps …in his truck outside.
Sarah Polley’s “Stories we Tell,” St. Paul and Father Abraham by Brian Walsh Sarah Polley’s recently released documentary “Stories We Tell” is a deeply personal exploration into the stories that are at the foundation of a family’s identity and sense of home.
On the Fall of Empire This blog was originally posted at CatholicCommons.ca and is reproduced here with permission of the author.
Jacob’s Well Revisited by Ericka and Andrew Stephens-Rennie Each Monday evening this fall, we have been a part of the “Intelligent Love,” learning cohort, exploring issues of prostitution, trafficking and institutionalized violence against women in the city of Vancouver.
Dance me to the End of Love by Brian Walsh On Sunday, October 14, the Wine Before Breakfast community came together with the Church of the Redeemer in Toronto for an evening of wine, bread and prayer with the music and poetry of Leonard Cohen.
“We’re all sluts” [a sermon on Romans 2.1-16 preached at Wine Before Breakfast on October 9, 2012] by Amy Fisher Deb and I were talking about the songs for this morning and she was reciting some of the words from a song when she broke off to interpret the lyrics for me: “Basically he’s calling her a slut.”
A Song of Thanksgiving Holy Eucharist & Baptism St. Michael’s Anglican Church | Merritt, BC A reflection on Luke 17:11-19 by Andrew Stephens-Rennie There we were.
Empire, Idolatry and Homosexuality: Romans 1.18-32 revisited by Brian Walsh (a sermon preached at Wine Before Breakfast on October 2, 2012) Let’s be clear about something from the start this morning.
In the Alleys Reflection on Romans 1:16-25 Wine Before Breakfast September 25, 2012 by Andrew Stephens-Rennie I’ve always thought Paul was a little off.
The Power of the Gospel by Brian Walsh [At Wine Before Breakfast we are again meditating on Paul’s letter to the Romans.
A Dying Church by Andrew Stephens-Rennie The Anglican Church must die, and I’m thinking it’d be better sooner rather than later.