Evangelicalism as the Gates of Hell? What if the church is the Gates of Hell? What if the church in the United States is no longer raiding the gates of hell, but have easily walked in? What if the church in the United States is now so apostate, that the Gates of Hell have indeed prevailed against the church?
Celtic Soul at the End of a Very Bad Week What we have seen in the last week, and what Isaiah saw in the ruins of Israel is the failure of imagination, the inability to imagine life radically different from the status quo.
An Election Prayer: Too Late for America? It is too late to pray for this election. Is it too late to pray for the United States? Is it too late for America?
“Law and Order” and the Ten Commandments Are the ten commandments the foundation of “law and order” or its deconstruction? Are they words of repression or liberation? Do they impose a restrictive law “written in stone” as it were, or are they a call to a life of covenantal faithfulness? Do they legitimate blind and patriotic obedience to the state, or are they a radical word of revolution and civil disobedience?
The “Pulse” of Habakkuk Woe to you who heap up what is not your own. Woe to you who heap up the bodies of LGBTQ folks, sisters and brothers, mothers and fathers, lovers and friends.
Pastoral Letter for Holy Week: Prayers, Tears, Funerals and Feasts Sisters and brothers: Sometimes things don’t turn out the way you hoped they would.
Jesus and the Economics of Empire Economic injustice and violence. An economics of inequity and murder. They will always, always, always go together. The rich get richer … and the poor? … they get deader.
A 20th Anniversary Reflection … in Gratitude Kissing the world beautiful. That's campus ministry! Shoulder to shoulder – sometimes in the library together, sometimes on the streets of Toronto, sometimes in sharing our stories – and cheek to cheek – in the passing of the peace, in holding each other in joy and in sorrow – we’ve tried to embrace this world, this gift of creation, in all of its beauty.
Refugees in their own backyard A refugee in his own backyard. That’s what Joseph was. Bethlehem became a refugee camp. But these were refugees in their own backyard.
Scared Shitless – A Christmas Story You ever been that afraid? You ever been totally shaking in terror? You ever been scared shitless?
Jesus, Dylan and the Signs of the Times In the midst of the storm, while the bombs are blowing up all around us, while the thunder rolls over us, caught in the middle of this cataclysm, Dylan has the audacious imagination to hear and see nothing less than the chimes of freedom flashing.
Faithfulness and Justice: Reformed Faith in the Face of Empire Luther and Calvin listened deeply to God’s voice in scripture to address the pressing questions of their time. To be faithful to them we must do no less.
Nazareth to Ottawa: Election Eve Reflections Good news to the poor. Release to captives. Recovery of sight to the blind.
Truth, Elections and the Spirit [A meditation on John 15.26-16.15 for Wine Before Beer, August 25, 2015] In one of his most memorable quotes, philosopher Richard Rorty once said, “Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with.”
Dry Bones, the Spirit and Resurrection There can be no resurrection without a new creation. There can be no new creation without bodies. And there can be no bodies without soil.