Facing death with Christian hope
If Jesus died was raised to life, then something akin to overturning the law of gravity has been unleashed.
Eclipsing the heavens
We live in an age of diminished faith, and of dead, eclipsed gods.
On the beach with Rogue One
Star Wars was certainly not the fullness of the Christian hope and faith, but a new light was shining in a culture that had only 11 years before celebrated the “Death of God” on the cover of Time.
After birth
I fell deep and headlong into a pothole: preparing for the birth of my first child, but not what came afterward.
Audacious alternatives: Clean energy, and justice at Standing Rock
Let’s be audacious enough to hope that a just and durable solution may be found.
The limits of self-awareness
“Self-awareness” has become something of a cultural phenomenon of late. Yet for all its benefits, there are limits to what it can achieve.
Faith and hope after the Louisiana flood
A few days after the flooding started, I met an elderly African American lady who had lost everything. She looked me in the eyes and said: “I think God wants to use this to bring us all together.”
An appeal to those considering departure from the Anglican Church of Canada
The real sign of hope is that God continues to raise up faithful people, that they continue to build solid friendships within the ACoC, and that the unique bonds of affection we have with each other, our Communion, and with the Indigenous North are being strengthened despite the centrifugal forces of division.