The good news about bad news
(This article first appeared in the June 2018 issue of the Anglican Journal.)
It’s a question that never gets old. Why do media, including the...
A wonderful legacy
(This column first appeared in the June 2018 issue of the Anglican Journal.)
For just a few minutes, I want to take you to a...
Gandhi—Man of the sacred and secular, East and West
My first awareness of India probably came to me when, as a child, I heard and then read from the famous works of Englishman...
Mission from the margins
“God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, things that are not, to reduce to nothing things that are, so that no one might boast in the presence of God” (1 Corinthians 1:27–29).
‘We wish to see Jesus’
In many churches, these words are etched on a brass plaque or penned on a piece of parchment near the pulpit. They are from...
Save us from the time of trial
Not really knowing what to do, writing this piece might be merely therapeutic for me; thinking out loud, perhaps.
Letters to the Editor, May 2018
Anglican-Mennonite dialogue will yield positive outcome
This is a good news story for sure (Canadian Anglicans, Mennonites meet for first-ever formal dialogue, anglicanjournal. com,...
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Spring is the season of writing grant applications, not least of all for theological students.
I know this season well because I am currently in...
Letters to the Editor, April 2018
Standing together with our Jewish sisters and brothers
I write this on International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In my watching of the “Live Feed” of General...
Anglican priest reflects on Humboldt Broncos tragedy
Being a clergy person in Humboldt, Sask., is an intense experience these days.
While the parishes I currently serve are in another community, I continue...
Letters to the Editor, March 2018
‘Shine the light of Christ into the darkness’
I agree with the primate (Hiltz: Church needs to know its purpose, Jan. 2018, p.8) that in...
‘The spring of souls’
The first whiff of spring thaw and mud and it was very good!
A journey into prayer
(This article also appears in the April 2018 issue of the Anglican Journal.)
Kneeling, hands folded, eyes fixed on the church altar. Sitting by the...
Encountering the sacred at the Mount
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A favourite Lenten discipline is the annual silent retreat that members and friends of my home congregation undertake at Mount St. Francis...
How does size matter?
From 1979 to 1980, I lived and served as a lay pastor in a small village church in England. During that time, I co-authored...