No Hope of Resurrection by Andrew Stephens-Rennie It seems to me that the biggest hindrance to mainline churches in Canada is a wishy-washy stance on the resurrection.
The Beatitudes of Our Current Church Culture In a recent sermon at Wine Before Breakfast, Joe AC, pastoral director of Parkdale Neighbourhood Church in Toronto concluded with these modern day Beatitudes from the perspective of our contemporary, self-satisfied church culture.
Graduation Confirmed by Andrew Stephens-Rennie This was originally posted as one of my monthly columns on youth ministry for the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa’s Crosstalk newspaper.
The New Pornographers and Calvin College: An Open Letter by Brian Walsh The news of Calvin College cancelling a performance next month by the Canadian Indie band, The New Pornographers, has been all over the press and blogosphere in the last day or so.
Practice Resurrection by Brian Walsh So what do you get when 130 people converge on Russet House Farm for a Practicing Resurrection conference?
BP, The Gulf, and the Assault of God by Brian Walsh The doctors seemed totally incapable of stemming the flow.
Commissioning by Andrew Stephens-Rennie In a strange twist of fate, Levi’s provides a way better commissioning to go out and actively love and seek to renew the world, than I’ve heard in a church in a long time.
Slick by Andrew Stephens-Rennie This oil slick, it’s making me sick. Six weeks of seepage on the seabed and where are we at?
Practicing Resurrection 2010 This August marks the return of Practicing Resurrection, an annual conference held at Brian and Sylvia’s Russet House Farm in Cameron, Ontario.
Operation 504 Rebuild by Andrew Stephens-Rennie I got off the phone yesterday with Tommy, and my heart sunk.
Between Confidence and Fear by Brian Walsh Folk who visit this site know that much of what we write about here arises out of a shared worship experience called “Wine Before Breakfast.”
Gethsemane by Ann Andree A sermon based on Mark 14:32-52 My dear brothers and sisters, in reading this passage, we have just entered into a sacred space and joined Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane.
A Pastoral Letter for Holy Week 2010 Every year Brian writes a pastoral letter to the Wine Before Breakfast community at the University of Toronto.
Inclusive, Particular and Being Down and Out in Austin. by Brian Walsh On March 17 I had the incredible honour of speaking along with my co-author, Steven Bouma-Prediger at the “National Symposium on Homelessness” in Austin, Texas.
Homemaking on the Road: Romans 15 and the Bigger Picture by Brian Walsh It has been about home from the beginning.