Today, on the last Sunday of the church’s year, we celebrate “The Reign of Christ Sunday”. Today we celebrate our deep trust that what began in Jesus will triumph in […]
Let’s Irritate Each Other! (November 19, 2018)
Now here’s a novel proposition to make from the pulpit: Let’s irritate each other! That’s what the reading from Hebrews urges us to do this morning. Now some people might […]
Jesus Came to Live — Abundantly (November 23, 2018)
I am revisiting this column which I wrote several years ago because it fits in with what I’ve been writing in the past few weeks. One of the things we […]
Payment for Sin? Or A New Vision? (November 16, 2018)
In the last couple of weeks, I’ve been writing about a different vision of the gospel. When you ask most Christians in North America these days why they are Christian, […]
Giving Our All? (November 11, 2018)
Jesus is sitting down outside the Temple, watching the treasury box. He has just finished criticizing the religious leaders of the day. “Watch out for them. They demand to be […]
Justice and Forgiveness (November 9, 2018)
Last week I wrote that the gospel was not about “Jesus dying for my sins”. Jesus and Paul, and the rest of the New Testament authors, proclaim that the gospel […]
What is the Gospel? [Hint: It’s Not What you Think] (November 2, 2018)
What is the Gospel? Well, it depends on who you ask. Many Christians today would say that the following is what the gospel is all about: “Jesus died for my […]
Remembering the Tragic Parts of our History (Ovtober 26, 2018)
The last couple of weeks, I’ve written about two important parts of Canada’s history, particularly as it impacts on our ongoing relationship with Indigenous Peoples. The Doctrine of Discovery (1493) […]
A Doctrine and a Royal Proclamation, Part 2 (October 19, 2018)
Last week, I expanded what I had written previously about the Doctrine of Discovery. Pronounced in 1493, the Doctrine allowed the colonial powers to “discover”, claim and exploit the lands […]
A Doctrine and a Royal Proclamation, Part 1 (October 12, 2018)
Two weeks ago, I wrote about Orange Shirt Day. It was a day to commemorate survivors of residential schools. I told Phyllis Webstad’s heartbreaking story about having her orange shirt […]