I’m sure we’ve heard this slogan before: What Would Jesus Do? It became popular in the 1990’s as an evangelical slogan. Members of evangelical churches used it as a personal […]
Sometimes I Wish I Didn’t Have Faith (April 27, 2018)
There’s a story at the end of the Gospel of John, just after Jesus is raised. He appears to the disciples, but Thomas isn’t there. When the others tell him […]
Mimetic Theory and Facebook (April 20, 2018)
After steadfastly resisting for many years, I joined facebook a few weeks ago. We wanted to set up a facebook group for our church, and in order to be one […]
I Am Because We Are (April 13, 2018)
A wonderful image came across my facebook feed last week, showing 21 African children sitting in a circle on a grassy field. They sat side by side, their feet touching […]
Judas Asparagus and the Joy of Easter (April 6, 2018)
Some ancient Christian imagery shows the risen Christ confronting the devil and laughing at him. Part of the lore of Easter is that God played a joke on Satan by […]
Tell the Story Again (March 30, 2018)
If you’ve ever read a story to a child, you will know the truth of this. A child doesn’t ask, “Is it true?” Nor does she say, “Prove it.” Neither […]
The Womb of Compassion (March 23, 2018)
I love to find out about words. Where do they come from? What do the roots of words mean in the original languages? While there are some people who say […]
CrossWalking: Showing our Love for the City (March 16, 2018)
On Good Friday again this year, Christians from different churches in Cranbrook will join together for our fourteenth Good Friday CrossWalk. We make a spiritual pilgrimage through the streets of […]
Being Good Enough Is Good Enough (March 9, 2018)
All around us, we are urged to “be our best”, to “be the best you can be”. The spirit of our age tells us that in everything, we ought to […]
Seeing Repentance as Joy (March 2, 2018)
We are about midway through Lent. It began with Ash Wednesday, which I wrote about a few weeks ago. Lent is a season to take stock of our lives. It’s […]