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I read a story this past week about an American athlete whose career was being presented as a “comeback”.  This person runs the hurdles; an event in which the margin for error is extremely slight. Despite consistently performing at a world champion standard, and having every reason to expect to do the same at the […]

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.– Albert Einstein It seems that we can’t get more than three verses into the “Big Story” before we come to a Big Debate. Ah well…if we are probing the things that matter, we must come sooner or later (in this case sooner) to things that remind […]

One of my favourite images about the power of stories comes, as I heard it told, from the Aboriginal peoples of Australia. The tradition of this people group is an aural rather than written one, and because of how deeply connected  their lives are to nature, much of the most important information that needs to […]

I had a conversation recently with a well known Canadian painter and film maker about the power of words of blessing in our lives. We were talking about identity – what it takes to sort our who you are, to hold onto that while also making space for the “other”, how this all plays into […]

When it comes to music in shopping malls, the human race can be divided into two groups: those that notice the music and those that don’t. I’m in the first group. I not only notice it, I listen to it, and then suffer from having it stuck in my head until I find some way […]

This week, I’d like to lead us in a further exploration of the theme of waiting. We’ll explore some scripture, and develop a picture of the expectancy that was prominent in the majority of the people in the time of Jesus. Then I hope to share personally about some of my own journey and struggle […]

Advent is imminent. Just around the corner, yet coming at a pace we don’t control. For all that we have to do with it, it might not come at all. And yet, we look forward to what is coming – we anticipate, we plan, we schedule. These are the things we do well when something […]

One of the reasons I love being the pastor of The Table is because the community consistently affords me a sense of freedom as a teacher. If The Table is your only church experience you might think that permission to explore big and even controversial topics in church is normal. In my experience, that isn’t […]

Well, it has been a while since we have spent time in the “For Your Consideration” series. In fact, there are folks that have joined us at The Table that have no experience whatsoever of this series, and to whom much of this email might seem like gibberish. It’s tempting to back the truck all […]

saiah 1:17 reads: Learn to do good.  Seek justice.  Help the oppressed.  Defend the cause of orphans.  Fight for the rights of widows. Justice is what some might call a ‘buzz word’ in scripture.  It comes up again and again, and yet the meaning of the word could raise a lot of debate.  Justice is something […]