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Faith alone not our faith alone
“Increase our faith,” we pray. Isn’t that what we want? More faith to get us through the tough times. More faith to make us better people. More faith to tolerate things in life that set us off course. More faith … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christianity, counter-culture, faith, gift, Giver, God, grace, Great is thy faithfulness, hymn, Jesus, kenosis, letting go, Lutheran, New Testament, patience, praise, prayer, preaching, prosperity gospel, relationship, sermon, story, theology, trust, waiting
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The angel
I know an angel. She’s the deli counter server who smiles when taking my order. He’s the fourteen-year-old who dreams of winning $10 million to give to Parkinson’s research because his grandpa suffers from the disease. They’re in the bus … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, angels, bible, Book of Revelation, Christianity, church calendar, church year, climate crisis, Daniel, End times, eschatology, Gabriel, God, Greta Thunberg, incarnation, Jesus, Jesus Christ, knowledge, lectionary, liminality, Martin Luther, Michael, Michael and all angels, ordinary, other world, prayer, preaching, real, Reformation, revelation, sacrament, September 29, sermon, Small Catechism, social justice, spiritual, Thich Nhat Hanh
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Pray, in Christ
In 1970, Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich expressed his support for artistic freedom and human rights in a letter to Pravda, the state-run newspaper of the Soviet Union. In response, the Soviets sharply curtailed his ability to travel. After Rostropovich and … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, Christian, Christianity, Cold War, conflict, controversy, discipleship, division, ELCIC, Epistles, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, follow Jesus, forgiveness, God, gratitude, healing, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Living our Faith, love, meditation, mercy, New Testament, Paul, political, politics, pray, pray for enemies, prayer, preaching, reconciliation, scripture, sermon, strife, thanksgiving, Timothy, war, Worship
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‘The world needs more Canada’
A national coordinator’s first impression of a John Main Seminar Bono, U2’s lead man, has said in the press, international conferences and at the United Nations in recent years that “the world needs more Canada”. Former US president Barack Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Meditation, Leadership, Theological Reflection
Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Christian Meditation, contemplation, diversity, immigration, JMS2019, John Main, John Main Seminar 2019, Laurence Freeman, meditation, mysticism, prayer, prayer of the heart, Quest University, Sarah Bachelard, Squamish, WCCM, World Community for Christian Meditation
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Kitchen vision
During Mika’s confirmation last weekend, I was grateful to reconnect with folks from her past and present, and hopefully future. At Mika’s confirmation party on the Saturday, we had just over thirty people in our house. It was raining, so … Continue reading
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Tagged behaviour, bible, Book of Revelation, challenge, change, cheap grace, Christianity, community, confirmation, cost of discipleship, Cross, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, differences, discipleship, diversity, division, divisions, Easter, fear, following Jesus, food, gift, good news, Gospel, grace, growth, inclusion, inclusivity, introverts, kitchen, Laurence Freeman, New Testament, party, peace, persecution, prayer, preaching, privilege, sermon, table, theology of the cross, universal, vision, witness, words
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Here we (and God) go again
The horrible evil unleashed in Christchurch, New Zealand, this past weekend exposes so much that is wrong in our world. And in our relationship with those who are different from us. And in our relationship with God. When worshippers are … Continue reading
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Tagged bible, bible study, Christ Church, Christianity, church, covenant, Cross, faith, freedom, God, God is love, God's grace, God's love, God's promise, God-image, good news, Gospel, grace, Herod Antipas, history, hope, house of prayer, image of God, interfaith, Islam, Jesus Christ, Joseph of Arimathea, lament, Lent, Lutheran, mosque shooting, New Testament, New Zealand, Nicodemus, Pharisees, politics, power struggle, prayer, prophets, unconditional love, unending love, universal love, violence
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