Tag: sight
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Touch, Sight, and Faith #worship
My latest column in the Christian Courier. __________________ A large wooden crucifix stands toward the front of the crypt sanctuary in St. Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal. While the crucifix is not central within worship, it evidently receives much attention. A striking feature of the crucifix is the worn nature of Jesus’ feet — the paint is…
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What are you not seeing?
My latest column, for the Christian Courier. _____________________ Up until a few years ago I had never seen them. I didn’t even know they were around, so didn’t know to look for them. But every Spring they are here. In fact, we are at peak season right now so there’s a good chance you will…
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what you see – it’s who you are
What we see says a whole lot about who we are. In fact: What we see makes us who we are. In our daily lives, every situation and every person and every landscape can be seen differently. And what you see in a given situation or what you see in a specific person or what…
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seeing Jesus, for the first time? (1/5)
Almost 7 years ago our family moved to a little cul-de-sac in the west end of NDG. And in that cul-de-sac we have developed great friendships over the years. But this week as I thought about it I realized that I couldn’t really pinpoint the first time I met any one of those neighbours. I…
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faith: what’s evidence got to do with it?
A sermon, whose basic themes are informed by a short essay by the philosopher/theologian Jean-Luc Marion on the question of faith and evidence. ____________________ What is faith? What does it mean to have faith? How would we describe the experience of faith? In our culture a very common way of thinking about religious faith is…
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