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.
A New Way Home It’s that time of year again. That time to journey home, the place of anxiety, fear, frustration and pain.
How Long O Lord? Each year on December 6th, we mark 24 years since the Montreal Massacre – that horrific day when Mark Lepine shot and killed 14 women at l’École Polytechnique in Montreal.
Pale Reflection. Black Mirror. A meditation inspired by Luke 20:27-38 and Arcade Fire’s Reflektor. Where were we again?
Cloud of Witnesses :: Remembering Josephine Butler Josephine Butler (1828-1906) | Colossians 1:15-20 Bright, blinding lights ahead. You stare.
Becoming an Indigenous Church So what could this look like? What would church look like if we Canadians weren’t so captivated by what’s going on south of the border?
Why We Aren’t the Church Any More Making its rounds this week is Steve McSwain’s HuffPo article “Why Nobody Wants to Go To Church Anymore.”
Wedding Song A reflection on Matthew 9:14-17 delivered at the noon Eucharist of the Lutheran-Anglican Joint Assembly in Ottawa, Ontario on Saturday July 6, 2013.
Bedford v. Canada by Andrew Stephens-Rennie The conversation around prostitution in Canada is a live one these days with Bedford v.
Breaking Down the Man Box by Andrew Stephens-Rennie For whatever reason, Mark Driscoll and his crew are planning to invade Canada, sometime in October.
Beyond Egalitarian by Andrew Stephens-Rennie In my last post, responding to John Piper’s dehumanizing view of women, I mused about the benefits of subjecting myself to the authority of women for the next year.