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Is There a Better Way?

Posted: December 27, 2013

We don’t need statistics to see evidence of poverty in our community – Ingersoll is a small town after all. We all know someone who is having a tough time making ends meet or finding a job, struggling to pay rent, or even finding a place to live.

The Baby in the Barn and the Lamb who was Slain

Posted: December 23, 2013

At the tail end of this season of Advent people seem to have more emotional space for attention to both the brokenness of the world and the hope hidden in Christ.

Review: Tiny Dancer by Anthony Flacco

Posted: December 20, 2013

“I had to admit I harbored the rudiments of racism, an unconscious attitude that I fight daily, but that none of us can totally escape,” writes Mary Pipher in her book The Middle of Everywhere. How true!

Meeting the Neighbours

Posted: December 16, 2013

We just moved – packed up all we own and migrated across the Rockies and across the Georgia Strait. We’re now in a town that shares borders with two reserves. I admit that I don’t know a great deal about these neighbours.

Preaching Two Kinds of Justice

Posted: December 13, 2013

Defend immigrants and welcome strangers are prominent Biblical calls. Yet, a 2010 Pew Forum survey reports that 88% of white Evangelicals’ views on immigration are primarily influenced by concerns other than Christian faith.

The Difficult Work of “With”

Posted: December 9, 2013

Sara Miles wrote a piece for the Episcopal Café entitled “The Most Important Word in the Bible.” That word, claims Miles, is “with.” “With” is central to G

Justice in Psalm 146

Posted: December 6, 2013

The words of Micah are among the best known in the Hebrew Bible. Justice has always been a central theme in Jewish thought and practice and the word ‘justice’ appears more than 200 times in the Old Testament. It is the subject of justice that I want to focus on. I am going to begin with a brief excursion into agriculture – canal irrigation technology in particular. That there is a connection with justice will hopefully become evident quite soon.

Seeing Red

Posted: December 2, 2013

Blame it on the red hair, but I get angry about a lot of things. I’m angry about the apathy I see around me about the deep wounds of this world.

Review: Crossing the Divide

Posted: November 29, 2013

A reflection on Crossing the divide: Why culture should be cool. (2013, October 12) The Economist.

Liturgy of Reconciliation

Posted: November 25, 2013

Many people today, not just Christians, have a growing sense of God’s participation in their life. What is interesting is that for many, perhaps even most of the people who can do that, at the same time that our sense of God’s personal activity in our lives has grown, our sense of God’s activity in the world around us has diminished.

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