Tag: law
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Quebec and Religion: Response
In the light of Quebec’s proposal of a new “secularism” law today, I share this (entirely appropriate and relevant) statement of the Presbytery of Montreal from 2014. Response to Bill 60 from The Presbytery of Montreal, of The Presbyterian Church in Canada (2014) The Presbytery of Montreal, a body of the Presbyterian Church in Canada,…
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Law and Love – Don’t mess me ’round
This week I was listening to CBC radio one the afternoon, and the program was Shift with Tom Allen. Tom was at his witty and conversational best that afternoon. As you may know, Shift is the CBC program that makes the transition from classical music in the first part of the day to rock or…
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love, knowledge, idols — priorities!
We are not defined by what we know. We are not defined by our freedoms. We are defined by the fact that we are known by God and loved by God. Our starting point in all of life and thought and action is the knowledge that the one God has created us and embraced us.
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the Spirit of freedom – sermon 3/5
Who doesn’t want to be free? There is something so compelling about the idea of freedom. In our lives, in our culture, and in the wide world there is a desire for freedom – a desire that comes to expression in so many ways. Yes there are sometimes different ideas about what it means to…
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sabbath keeping: Kierkegaard’s contribution
In Presbyterian circles, when the idea of Sabbath observance comes up, you inevitably come up against the Presbyterian myth of the Sabbath. It goes like this: When I was a child we went to church on Sunday morning, and then again on Sunday evenings, and the rest of the day you had to rest. You…
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sarah harmer’s take…
Canadian musician Sarah Harmer has a new album out next month, but in advance her label has released a single from the album entitled ‘Captive’. You can hear it on her website, here. I was struck by the logic of the lyrics. The song-writer points to our sometime inability to live well within a relationship (thus,…
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fenced in and free…
If you are anything like me, you’ve got a love-hate relationship with the mirrors in your home. You wake up in the morning to get ready for the day, you go into the bathroom, look in the mirror and wonder to yourself did that zit really have to come out on the end of my…
encrusted words 