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December 2012

December 23, 2012

God the Father and Embryo

Advent suggests so many mysteries of God's patience. One rarely commented case is God as...

December 22, 2012

Tragic loss of children, birth of a child…redemptive hope-filled imagination.

No matter where I seem to go this Christmas I can't seem to get out...

December 22, 2012

Optional Advent

This being the season of Advent; I think it’s worth taking a moment to identify...

December 16, 2012

There must be more

The first Advent was rather private, rural, shameful. Nine months in the womb of a...

December 02, 2012

The Annunciation – A Divinely Human Moment

In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a...

June 2012

June 01, 2012

Embracing Life and Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris

Midnight in Paris has been called Woody Allen's best film in a long time, and I agree....

April 2012

April 05, 2012

Passover and Communion

As I prepare to celebrate this meal tonight, remembering an upper room two thousand years...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

I am topsoil + to topsoil I shall return*

There is something comforting to me in the idea that I am part of the...

January 2012

January 04, 2012

The 11th Day of Christmas…A Prophetic Vision of Peace

The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid,...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

It Was A Night Around Christmas

Since the first Christmas was likely in April it won’t be too inappropriate for this...

December 21, 2011

The Magi Myth

I have no real problem with believing that actual Magi saw a funky astrological phenomenon...

December 20, 2011

Christmas…a revolution birthed in pain

" Silent night, Holy night...all is calm, all is bright ", every christmas we sing...

December 19, 2011

Mary’s Song

The community I am part of in Minneapolis, Solomon's Porch, is fortunate to have musicians...

December 19, 2011

Incarnational or Missional?

During this season of Advent, I've been reflecting a lot on the idea of incarnation...

December 16, 2011

BELIEVE…

Last week I was in New York City, and on a rainy night I took...

December 14, 2011

Advent’s Economic Good News

It’s Advent, and I am waiting for Jesus, trying to keep my eyes open to...

December 13, 2011

And Our Eyes At Last Shall See Him

In our family, we saturate the airwaves with Christmas music during the Advent season. We...

December 12, 2011

Mary…re-imagining Advent

( Mary...East Vancouver 2007 ) It's late Sunday evening and I'm working on the computer...

December 10, 2011

Tis the Season…

Christmas just isn't so much my season. I'm not a Scrooge exactly, but maybe just his...

December 09, 2011

But How Amazing Is It That We Get To Help?

This Advent we are looking at the Christmas story through the lens of the Mission...

December 08, 2011

Is God Coming? An Advent Poem

Is God coming? God is here! Can’t you see him all around you? From the...