Once upon a time (does this sound like the beginning of a fairy tale?) I had occasion to take a class on Work and Spiritual Formation. It was a very intriguing and helpful experience that continues to impact my thinking about related issues. One thing that made the class interesting was the format – we […]
March 7, 2012
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1 Hour Late For Church…
Holy shift Batman! Have you ever tried to tail a car? I don’t mean in an entirely creepy way, just like you’re following someone to a place you’ve never been. How does it feel when they go through a yellow light, and you’re stuck behind, or make a turn you’re not sure you can make, […]
March 1, 2012
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The Spectacle
In case you missed it, or deemed it irrelevant, last weeks cultural landscape featured the final and preeminent American arts industry awards show – the Oscars. I happened to be somewhere near a TV for part of the run-up to the show itself, and was struck by how many different meanings there can be for […]
February 26, 2012
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Ash Wednesday
Well now…it seems that a very important day in the Liturgical Calender has come and gone, hardly making a ripple on the surface of the culture. I am (of course?) referring to Ash Wednesday, the day that launches us into Lent. What is Ash Wednesday about, and why haven’t the greeting card companies picked up […]
February 17, 2012
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Podcasts!
After a very long break, we’re happy to announce that the podcasts are back. You’ll find five new recordings from the early fall under the Library section. Thank you for your patience. Many more are coming soon!
February 3, 2012
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The warmth of Winter…
Our culture tends to have a difficult relationship with the season of winter. Most view it as a reality that must be suffered through (or avoided) in order to make it to the more enjoyable months of the year. Recently I read a book which has shifted my perception of winter from a season frozen […]
January 29, 2012
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The Radical Alternative to "Up-ing"…
A couple of months ago a good friend of mine was let go by the company he had worked at for several years. It was a fairly abrupt action, without any performance issues – essentially an act of “financial necessity” on the part of the employer. In the course of telling me the story, he […]
January 20, 2012
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"Why, God, why?"
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 […]
January 14, 2012
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The Big Debate…
“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 […]
January 8, 2012
Stories, the guiding narrative…
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 […]
March 16, 2012
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