Aug 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
The birth of my little girl Siena has helped me see the death of Jesus in new ways … I used to argue about whether or not it was necessary for Jesus to die a violent bloody death … now I see things differently. My wife experienced agony as a new life was...
Aug 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
Canada, according to Richard Gwyn, owes its existence as nation distinct from United States of America on John A. Macdonald. Gwyn’s latest book, Nation Maker: His life, our times, Random House, 2011, documents and narrates how John A. Macdonald as Canada’s...
Jul 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Babylonian Captivity of the Gospel, Michael Hardin Presented to Theology and Peace, May 31-June 2, 2011 in Baltimore, MD I would like to suggest an outline for what a North American Protestant Christian theology informed by the mimetic theory...
Jul 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Option A Carve me into your back and let me ride with you on your weird and dilapidated horse into an unending sunset; to be the flag of your martyrdom and a child of burden. Option B Carve me into your back and let me ride with you on your weird and dilapidated horse...
Jul 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Last Sunday during our jail service I came prepared to baptize a man who had requested baptism a few weeks before. The jail Sergeant even personally filled up the minimalist paper cup for this Sacrament, handing it to me with a smirk across the...
Jul 4, 2013 | Uncategorized
There are many methods of interacting with God, maybe as many as there are people, but my favorite is the Orthodox method, handed down by the Desert Fathers. Technically this prayer would be known as Hesychasm, the prayer of rest or quiet. But it comes to us today...
