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I’ve been sitting with John 20:11-18 recently (the story of Mary Magdalene at the tomb of Jesus on Resurrection Sunday) and with Kelly...

Luke 1:48 (NRSV): Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed. At some level, our existence, from start to finish is...

spring, summer’s work done solid sunlight floats to earth yellow, red, orange spring and summer’s work is done sunshine, once photons,...

Just weeks before, A loving absence still raw, Death and despair lingering, Beside questions of abandonment. He appears and everything...

Earlier, with tank full of expectant joy he sets off, his old black Morris Minor tried and true. Then, bearings seize and bearings lost,...

Early in my career as a doctor I was speaking with a patient who was in his late 40’s (which seemed ancient at that time!) and, while...

There’s a gap sometimes Between what is and what was expected. Between the hoped for and reality, Like the void from an extracted tooth,...

I arrived home from my 9 km run this morning, hot, sweaty, and somewhat out of breath. In response to my wife's question "how was your...

“Christ in you, the hope of glory” — Colossians 1:27 I came across this verse in sermon preparation this week and have been meditating on...

Ok. I’m back on Facebook After 8 years away. Before you judge, let me say, It’s for all the right reasons: Self promotion, marketing,...

I stumbled across a delightful word (which I had to look up to define) in a book I was reading recently: procrustean. According to an...

Jan 9-18 is the Vineyard Canada national fast where we are invited to fast and pray and seek God. When I was praying about what kind of...

Remember that day? When I served you breakfast and we talked? You told me about your music. How you mix songs on your notepad. You said,...

You shall not covet your neighbor's house, you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or male or female slave, or ox or donkey or anything...

Luke 21:1-4 He looked up and saw rich people putting their gifts into the treasury; he also saw a poor widow put in two small copper...

He wonders what it would be like To run and dance and leap for joy And feel the soft caress of human touch. To kiss and lift and swim. To...

(The following is from material I prepared for our church community. It is comprised of a short homily regarding the third week of Advent...

The following is from material I prepared for our church community. It is comprised of a short homily regarding the third week of Advent...

The following is from material I prepared for our church community. It is comprised of a short homily regarding the second week of Advent...

He stops in mid sentence. A look of surprised supplication, Offers an odd throat clearing cough. His eyes roll back And head and body...