Dry Bones, the Spirit and Resurrection There can be no resurrection without a new creation. There can be no new creation without bodies. And there can be no bodies without soil.
The Spirit, ‘Spontaneity’ and Justice I guess I'm just tired of the Holy Spirit being used as a psycho-spiritual drug dealer justifying spiritual narcissism.
The Centurion’s Tale And if he was God’s son, the King of the Jews, then what was he doing on that cross? But it is on the cross that I saw who he was. It is on the cross that this king is enthroned. And that doesn’t make any sense at all. Or does it?
On Staying and not Running: A Pastoral Letter for Holy Week 2015 Dare we not run, but stay? Dare we stay and watch, stay and bear witness? Dare we face this week with open hands and open hearts?
Look Death in the Eye It’s not easy to look death in the eye, no matter what we’re promised on the other side.
Stubborn When Jesus remixes Isaiah's song of the vineyard, what Bartimeaus sees is stubbornness meet stubbornness.
What do you want me to do for you? (A meditation on Mark 10.32-52 presented at Wine Before Breakfast on February 24, 2015) The Zebedee boys and Bartimaeus.
From Empire to Cross (The Wine Before Breakfast community is journeying to the cross this Lent with Mark as our guide on the way.
Orange is the New Purple Last week twenty one men were marched out to the shores of Libya. They were called “people of the cross.” They wore orange jump suits.
The First Word On the banks of the river, I had this sense that a new plotline was emerging. Jesus of Nazareth would be the first word in the story of what might be.
Ash Wednesday: Beginning the Lenten Pilgrimage with Steve Bell Today we begin a Lenten journey. We know that this is a wilderness journey, and we know that it is going to a cross.
Steve Bell’s “Pilgrimage” Boxset: A Review This is no normal run-of-the mill boxset. This is no cheap marketing ploy to get folks to buy again songs they already have. Rather, we have here a beautifully creative celebration and a reflection of twenty-five years of music making.
Psalm 98: Joy, Judgment and Advent Psalm 98 is an invitation to a victory party … against the evidence, in the face of the empire.
Advent, Psalm 145 and a “Fantastic” Vision “There is a time and place in the ceaseless human endeavor to change the world, when alternative visions, no matter how fantastic, provide the grist for shaping powerful political forces for change.
Adnan Syed and the Parable of the Talents A reflection on Matthew 25:14-30 originally preached at St. Brigids Vancouver, an emerging Christian community rooted in the Anglican tradition.