A Community of the Word (A meditation on James 3.1-18 at Wine Before Beer on July 22, 2014) We are a community of the word.
From Grace’s to James (A meditation on James 2.1-26 presented at Wine Before Beer, June, 17, 2014) It takes less than two bars for everyone to know what’s up.
St. James and Regenerative Eroticism I have been re-reading Barbara Kingsolver’s wonderful novel Prodigal Summer over the last few weeks.
Desire of the Rich and Doers of the Word :: A Sermon on James 1.1-27 For James, theology preoccupied with getting your doctrine right, devoid of lives of generous discipleship, is bullshit, no matter how orthodox it may be.
An Epistle of Straw? Might it be that James is just too in your face? Might it be that James is just so damn uncompromising that he makes it all too uncomfortable? Might it be that an ‘established church’ that has made its peace with the empire simply cannot countenance such a radical call to discipleship?
Bud Osborn: Priest, Prophet, Poet. Presente Bud Osborn is dead. He was my friend, my mentor, sometimes my confessor. And he kept me in cigarettes. We have lost a priest, a prophet and a poet.
Nigerian School Girls and ‘Rethinking Risk’ We can help. AGF: Rethink Risk That was the ad running on my CBC feed while I was watching the now infamous video of Boko Harem militants claiming responsibility for the kidnapping of some 300 girls from a government school in Nigeria.
Dan Heap (1925-2014): A Tribute Long before I had ever heard of Dorothy Day, and long before I had heard of someone being a ‘worker priest’ I was inspired by the politics of Dan Heap.
Thomas, Doubt and Practicing Resurrection [An Easter sermon on John 20.19-31 preached at Wine Before Breakfast on April 22, 2014.
Whose Game Is This? A sermon on the beginning of the trial scene before Pilate in John 18.28-40 preached at Wine Before Breakfast on April 1, 2014.
Pastoral Letter: Holy Week 2014 This is my pastoral letter to the Wine Before Breakfast community calling us to keep Holy Week.
Lazarus, Ani and Jesus On April 6, 2014, the Wine Before Breakfast community teamed up with our friends at the Church of the Redeemer in Toronto for a service that brought the artistry of Ani DiFranco into dialogue with the story of the raising of Lazarus, with Psalm 130 in the background.
She Knew What it Cost She invites us to count the cost. She invites us to pour out an extravagant gift. She invites us to remain in this love. She invites us to stay.
Remaining in Lent Are you in or out? Remaining, leaving, already gone, or struggling on the threshold?
Creation, Fall and the Two Kingdoms [On the weekend of February 21 and 22, Sylvia Keesmaat and I had the great honour of participating in the TrueCity Conference in Hamilton: “A Tale of Two Kingdoms”.