Mandela, Calvinism and Derrida As I’ve been reflecting on the death of Nelson Mandela, two thoughts keep crowding my mind.
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?
God Bless Toronto: The Piety of Rob Ford “God bless the people of Toronto.” So ended Mayor Rob Ford’s apology before the press assembled outside his office this afternoon.
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.”
Global Policemen? We’ll smash down your doors, we don’t bother to knock; We’ve done it before, so why all the shock?
Poverty, Justice and the Fruit of the Spirit A meditation on Galatians 5.22-25 shared with the Wine Before Breakfast community on August 20, 2013.
It’s Jubilee Time! (Sometimes you have to go back to basics. For Jesus that was Isaiah 61 and for us at Empire Remixed and Wine Before Breakfast it might look like Luke 4.16-30.
Dangerously Comfortable Water by Monique Stone A number of years ago I received a phone call from my ex-boyfriend.
Trayvon Martin and Bearing Witness to Injustice I’ve been wrestling with this all weekend – sometimes crying, sometimes praying.
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.