Glory and Canopy: Hope for a New City A Wine Before Breakfast Meditation on Isaiah 4.2-6 by Brian Walsh It always comes back to creation and exodus.
Night and Day by Andrew Stephens-Rennie Light and life. Darkness and strife. Who was there to see it?
Urban Filling and Urban Judgment by Brian Walsh A meditation on Isaiah 2.5-22 Culture is not optional.
Pacing the Cage: The Prophetic Hope of Bruce Cockburn by Brian Walsh Republished with permission from www.huffingtonpost.com Sunset is an angel weeping Holding out a bloody sword No matter how I squint I cannot Make out what it’s pointing toward These lines, from Bruce Cockburn’s hauntingly beautiful song “Pacing the Cage,” have been my constant companions as I have been reflecting on the year that was and the year that is to come.
Advent 2011 :: Day 22 by Dion Oxford Imagine a day when everyone was a part of a caring community of people who loved each other.
Blow the Trumpet! Advent and Jubilee by Jake Aikenhead The Sabbatical Year and the Year of Jubilee are impressive institutions in the socio-economic life of Israel, but they aren’t regular topics of conversation during Advent.
Advent 2011 :: Day 21 by Dion Oxford Imagine a day when everyone had meaningful work for meaningful pay.
Advent 2011 :: Day 20 by Dion Oxford Imagine a world where when someone asks “are you ready for Christmas?”
Advent 2011 :: Day 17 by Dion Oxford Imagine a day when everyone was treated as equal, no matter what.
Advent 2011 :: Day 16 by Dion Oxford Imagine a world without war; a world without two sides of an argument that leads to destruction and death.
Advent 2011 :: Day 15 by Dion Oxford Imagine a world without young people from impoverished neighbourhoods being forced to choose either a gang and a gun or school and hopefully a job.
Advent 2011 :: Day 14 by Dion Oxford Imagine a day when everyone assumed that all kids were always safe.
Advent 2011 :: Day 13 by Dion Oxford Imagine a world where there were never any concerns about whether or not leaders of regions/countries/cities were honest.