Tragedy and Epiphany: It is all About the Children It is all about the children. What do we say before Rachel, weeping for her children?
Unearthed Graves and Thrown-Down Stones: The Church, Pedicide, and Recompense. From the slaughter of the innocents to the destruction of the temple follows the same trajectory as the pedicide of Residential Schools and the burning of churches. Religion wedded to empire is always a story of violence.
The Trouble with the Third Slave A reflection on Matthew 25:14-31 for St. Andrew’s Anglican Church in Trail, BC.
It all Begins in Joy It all begins in joy and to joy it all returns. Yet in between, a thousand deaths each day.
Slaughter of the Holy Innocents … again From the manger to a mass grave, from joy to the world to inconsolable wailing, from proclamations of peace to cold blooded death squads, … in a matter of days.
Weeping, Confession, Resistance Without weeping we’ll never get to confession, and without confession we’ll never build an effective resistance.
Jesus and the Festival of Hope A reflection on Matthew 17:1-9 by Andrew Stephens-Rennie at Christ Church Cathedral’s St.
Communities of Reconciliation What I hope for in 2016 is that I might grow more into my ability to offer such space for reconciliation. What I hope for in 2016 is that my own St. Brigids Community Vancouver will continue to offer in Vancouver the profoundly needed ministry of reconciliation, especially for members of the LGBTQ+ community.
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.
Clash of Empires This is a story about empires colliding – the Roman Empire colliding with the upstart anti-empire that Jesus referred to ironically as “the Kingdom of God.”
Dogged Faith Great is the faith of the woman who dares to talk back; the one who dares to question; the one who dares lean in.
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.