Tag: love
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Sculpture Selfies
My latest in the Christian Courier (June) ___________ This photo is a favorite of mine. It is a selfie of sorts, taken with my dad in 2018 at the Waterloo Clay and Glass Museum, down the road from where my parents live. The exhibit was a 30-year retrospective of the work of Susan Low-Beer, a…
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The Wounds we Share – Remembering #JeanVanier
My latest column in the Christian Courier. ___________________ You couldn’t help but notice Jean Vanier when he entered a room. This was simply on account of his size – he was a big man, standing six feet, six inches tall. So just by virtue of his physical presence, he would likely draw your gaze. But…
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New poem: “Geometry of Advent”
A new poem for the second Sunday of Advent (2017): And here is the poem within an alternative geometry (click on the poem/image to open it in a more readable format):
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Kierkegaard – God – Movement
The second of two reflections I offered on the prayers of Kierkegaard at the retreat of The Presbyterian College this year. Like everything, Kierkegaard looks “slant” at the idea of God’s immutability. — If there is anything that gives the impression of unchangeableness, it is perhaps the towering and intimidating mountains that populate the face…
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Kierkegaard – Love – Prayer
It had been too long since I had spent any concentrated time with the writings of Søren Kierkegaard – but this summer saw something of a revival in my love and attention toward his works. This revival was partly inspired by a family vacation to Denmark and Copenhagen, which included a visit (for me, at…
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Self love? Meh. (Really?)
It’s safe to say that Christianity has often been indifferent toward self-love. In fact, when I imagine the typically response to the possibility of self-love, I would describe it like this: Self love? Meh. Our own Reformed and Presbyterian tradition has often been downright negative about self-love. Within our tradition great emphasis has been placed…
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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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loving #jianghomeshi — from the presbyterian record
A piece I wrote about Jian Ghomeshi a few weeks back, now published in The Presbyterian Record. Reflecting on the demands of love when the public narrative pushes in a very different direction… _______________ How do you love a guy whose sex life and personal life are marked by instances of abuse and violence toward women?…
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love — the way over the mountain
Paul speaks of love as the more excellent way – an image which includes within itself the idea of a mountain pass. So love is the more excellent way, the higher way, and the way over the mountain. With this in mind, my sermon a few weeks ago included images from a walk I took…
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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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