Goodbye to my guitar hero
I am overwhelmed by Bruce Cockburn’s preference for ideological purity over doctrinal clarity, his contempt for conservatives, and his follow-your-bliss sexual morality.
Liturgy, language, and reliving Christ’s life
I had grown up as an evangelical, so it came as a surprise that I ended up in an Anglican church in college, but I discovered gifts of church tradition there that I had never encountered before.
A school of character
Heart-rending details are not the main point of this book. Grace is — both God’s grace for the Murphys and Ian and Larissa’s grace for each other.
Review: Rowan Williams, Being Christian
What does being Christian entail? What distinguishes the Christian community from other communities? What do the diverse Christian traditions hold in common?
Memory and delivery: World War I
Last Tuesday I had a morning with the Dorset Army Cadet Force, at their annual camp. I reminded them of a Russian proverb: "Dwell in the past and you’ll lose an eye. Forget the past and you’ll lose both eyes." We are here today to remember.
Likeness litany: facing the Image
Formed in the image and likeness of God, / We rejoice; / Fired by violence and facing away, / We recoil; / Defaced, despairing, curved in on ourselves, / We cry; / Remaking, repairing, curved into the world, / You come, the Image of God.
Trinity litany: mission in communion
In the beginning, mission in communion: / The Father sent the Son and the Spirit.
Pentecost litany
The Church and the Nations