Tag: paul
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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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saying goodbye – with grace in Christ
They are those who pray for the sick or the stricken among us, and seek their comfort. Those who pray for the poor, and support them in their need. Those who pray for the lonely, and visit them in their isolation. Paul invites us: Put yourself in the service of such people. Submit to them.…
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boasting and foolishness – taking the cross seriously
President Barak Obama got into trouble a couple of years ago for something he said in a campaign speech. Obama was visiting Roanoke Virginia during the long 2012 campaign season and he was speaking off the cuff about how community and government support is important to the success of businesses. Speaking off the cuff, here’s…
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this table – the shape of community
We cannot sit at this table and at the same time live in ways that represent a refusal or betrayal of this table.
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say thank you (or not…)
What does gratitude look like? How should gratitude be expressed in our lives? For most of us, one of the earliest things we were taught by our parents was to say “Thank you.” When someone paid you a compliment: “Did you say thank you?” When someone was giving you a gift: “Remember to say thank…
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as surely as…
This morning we want to start out by saying a bit more about the city of Philippi. We’ve talked a little bit about the experiences of Paul – we’ve talked a little bit about Christian community in Philippi and about their experiences – but we want to say a little more about the city of…
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responding to rivalry
Sibling rivalry – it begins at a pretty early age, doesn’t it. A couple of weeks ago I watched a documentary on CBC television’s entitled Sibling Rivalry: Near, dear, and dangerous. I watched it again this week on the CBC doc zone website. In every relationship between siblings there is a natural rivalry that comes…
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getting personal – in a letter
In a file at home, I have a stack of hand-written letters I received back in 1997 and 1998. From way that I’ve filed them, you can tell I was kind of neurotic about those letters – they’ve always been in a neat pile, and each letter has its original airmail envelope stapled neatly to…
encrusted words 