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Author Archives: Sylvia Keesmaat

Prayers in a Pandemic

[Diocesan Bishop of Toronto, Andrew Asbil has designated Thursday, March 26 as a Diocesan Day of Prayer for Covid-19. 

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Restitution, Welcome and the “Unjust” Manager

“Once there was a rich man” was not the beginning of a story of good news.

by Sylvia Keesmaat

The Mysterious Authority of the Bible: A response to David Ney

Jesus did not say “Get married, procreate and make disciples of your children,” but rather, “Go and make disciples of all peoples …“

by Sylvia Keesmaat

“The Fruit of Faithfulness” a response to “Fruits Worthy of Repentance”

Every single year I have a few students who are barely hanging on to their Christian faith. And the problem is the church.

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Unity and A Crucified Messiah: A Response to “Testing the Spirits.”

If we are united in cruciform love, the love that Jesus demonstrated, then we are called to work for justice.

by Sylvia Keesmaat

What ever happened to the Bible in the Marriage Canon Debate? A Look at the Classic Texts

It is startling how the biblical text is increasingly absent in conservative opposition to same-sex marriage. This is a back to the Bible study.

by Sylvia Keesmaat

The Women Were There

The women were there. They followed love to the cross, and anointed death with their love.

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Persis Hears Colossians

While we are all fighting against misogyny, child abuse and economic exploitation, how do we hear a text in which wives, children and slaves are all called to obedience?

by Sylvia Keesmaat

The Grief of God

Not even God knows how to avoid the grief. Because, in a broken world, grief comes, paradoxically with the gift of love.

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Forsaken by God: Susannah’s Story

And then Jesus lifted up his voice. And he prayed my prayer, he prayed the words of the psalm, the words that my people had cried through the centuries, the words that I had cried over and over, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Resurrection and Forgiveness: A Funeral Sermon for Adam Wood

Resurrection happens daily on a farm. Resurrection is in the structure of creation. Resurrection is what makes earth possible. And Adam knew this.

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Living in the Tragic Gap

Living in in the Spirit means holding the tension of the tragic gap, living in the tension of hope and reality, and allowing that tension to break our hearts open, so that the heartbreak of God, becomes our heartbreak as well.

by Sylvia Keesmaat

How it will Come

It will begin with a song, at dawn. With light behind the smokestacks,

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Pentecost and Fire

A meditation presented at Wine Before Beer, May 21, 2013 What is it about God and fire?

by Sylvia Keesmaat

Why Did Jesus Die?

by Sylvia Keesmaat Originally published in The Banner – the official magazine of the Christian Reformed Church Was it because of the chief priests and the officers of the temple police and the elders?

by Sylvia Keesmaat

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