Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
I see Jesus all the time. I saw Him today. in the Bible. He was teaching and preaching. He was healing the sick and raising the dead. He was loving people and forgiving them of their sins. He was performing miracles. He was leading his followers into a new way of...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
Thomas Merton and Henri Nouwen were two of the most read and best loved spiritual writers of the twentieth century. Each published a prodigious stream of books and articles, and their readers span the ecumenical spectrum. It is no wonder then that they are often...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
I wait upon the LORD, Voices tell me there is no way, Rushing, crashing, falling, diving, The thoughts invade my day. I cry unto the LORD, Love unfailing washing my all, Shame, pride, rejection, fear, The winter winds enjoy my fall. I sing unto the LORD, My...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
Here I sit in the legislative reading room in Winnipeg, Manitoba. It is easy, being inside this grand structure, to feel that this Provincial Government, this country, is much greater than one person. That for one person to give themselves to this would be natural and...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
Self discipline. Procrastination. Will. Fear. Commitment. What do they have in common? Me. You. Our constant companions weaving in a convoluted tension; an elaborate dance often ending no further than where it began. Nike said “Just do it!” Arnold said “Do it! Do it...
Jun 8, 2006 | Uncategorized
When you think of a rainbow what first comes to mind? Beautiful colors? A covenant with man? A drunken, chubby leprechaun furtively attempting to hide a pot of gold? (Who carries gold around in pots anyways? I mean, really.) In life we often remember the “good” and...
