Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
December 14, 2014 Luke 1:39-56 – The Magnificat. [Read the passage] I have three questions for us today. The first is: what does this tell us about Mary? In my protestant church upbringing, there was great backlash against venerating Mary and the usual emphasis was...
Dec 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of...
Dec 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
For all its diversity and divisions, the Christian faith still holds forth a common agreed narrative: it is the problem of sin met with God's promise of salvation. However, disagreement begins with the effort to quantify these...
Dec 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
I am often questioned about my stance on peace, as though it is some radical new thought that we should aim for peace in every circumstance. The questions usually come in the form of a barrage, and the barrage heads in one of two directions. The first is the...
Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
A large, ominous, mysterious, billboard along Highway #1 approaching Vancouver from the East boldly proclaims: “Every unjust sentence bullies the victim.” One wonders what they, whoever “they” are, consider a just sentence, one that bullies back the one...
