Holy Week and Dismantling Atomic Bombs

The pilgrims on the Jericho road always sang the same song as they made their way to Jerusalem on the first day of Passover Week.

The Hunger Games and the Gospel: an endorsement

by Brian Walsh Just this week, as the Hunger Games movie premiers around the world, a fine little ebook has been published by Patheos Press called The Hunger Games and the Gospel.

Waiting for a Miracle/Overturning the Tables

Wine After Dinner | Church of the Redeemer, Lent 3 | John 2.13-22 You can find the full liturgy here.

Glory and Canopy: Hope for a New City

A Wine Before Breakfast Meditation on Isaiah 4.2-6 by Brian Walsh It always comes back to creation and exodus.

Urban Filling and Urban Judgment

by Brian Walsh A meditation on Isaiah 2.5-22 Culture is not optional.

Babylon is Fallen

by Brian Walsh Wine Before Breakfast is a worshiping community that I pastor at the University of Toronto.

Jack, Jesus and our Deepest Yearnings: Remembering Jack Layton

by Brian Walsh This week we have witnessed a national outpouring of emotion the likes of which is unparalleled in my lifetime.

A Pastoral Letter for Holy Week 2011

Every year Brian writes a pastoral letter to the Wine Before Breakfast community at the University of Toronto.

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?

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.

Gratitude: Some Thoughts for Yonge Street Mission

by Brian Walsh In a culture of perpetual dissatisfaction, …a culture where you are what you have made yourself, …a culture of ceaseless craving ……for new experiences, ……for consumer goods, ……for power, ……for sex, ……for wealth, ……for status, …a culture of hyperactive frenzy and anxiety, …a culture of paralysis and numbness, ……in this culture, ……gratitude can set us free.

Advent IV :: Mary’s Magnificat

by Brian Walsh Like everyone else, she received the news of Elizabeth’s pregnancy with joy, wonder … and fear.

Advent II :: Swords or Peace?

by Brian Walsh We had to wait for this. He wasn’t going to make any rash decisions.

No one Ever Said This Was Going to be Easy

by Brian Walsh So over at Wine Before Breakfast we’ve been hanging out with Paul and his letter to the Romans again.