The “Pulse” of Habakkuk and Death in the Christian Reformed Church Woe to you who make a god out of your theology, who bind the scriptures as you bind your people, who sacrifice your children on the altar of your “orthodoxy.”
Homecoming and Shepherding Providing secure housing for those without a roof over their heads, is nothing less than housing Jesus.
Closing Time: Reflections on the Present Crisis I have had a sense that we have been living in overtime, or on borrowed time, my whole life.
Adam Wood, La Loche and Prayers for a Funeral Healing, Lord Jesus, healing. Healing for wounds still gaping, healing for broken hearts.
January 6, Patriotism and Biblical Faith Is there any biblical justification for patriotism? No. None whatsoever.
Desmond Tutu and the Light For Desmond Tutu, the image of God, the abiding Presence, the light of goodness and life, could never be extinguished.
The Cherry Tree Carol … for 2021 Whatever version of the song you look at, there is a common theme: all of creation recognizes the Saviour, all of creation longs for the Saviour, all of creation is party to redemption.
Genocide and Reconciliation We all knew it was true, but there was something so onerous, so disgraceful, so damning, that few wanted to use the word.
Genocide, Domicide and the Unnamed We know the names of the victims in London. We can know the names of the victims in Gaza. But we do not know the names of the 215.
For the Birds, A Poem for Henk Hart It takes patience to enter into joy. The longer you wait, the more rooted you remain, the intensity of your gaze, only deepens the joy.
Remembering La Loche, Adam Wood, five years later Hope can be heard whispering through our sorrow, choked out as we groan in travail with all of creation.
Advent gloom, Advent hope Wherever Jesus went there would be no gloom for those in anguish because the light of the kingdom gave them hope.
A Prayer, A Dream, A Sacred Space This has been a place of profound meeting. A moment of knowing and being known. A place of memory making, storytelling, rooted in the deepest and widest story of all. A sacred space.
Cohen, Democracy and Trump Greed and hate will always still-birth democracy. Greed and hate will always sabotage justice, and leave us shipwrecked.