Feb 18, 2020 | Uncategorized
Twenty Years of Church Stalking I’ve been observing the dynamics of churches in Canada in the LGBTQ+ conversation for more than two decades. It has been a time of significant evolution with interesting thresholds along the way. Note: What follows are general...
Feb 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
As bushfires raged in Australia, viewers around the globe watched with trepidation the news story of a shirtless woman in sandals running toward a badly burnt koala clinging to a tree. The koala had just scrambled through the burning brush trying to escape...
Feb 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
“Traditionally, a myth expressed a timeless truth that, in some sense, happened once, but which also happens all the time.” Karen Armstrong, Recovering the Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts. Apocalyptic fires, erupting volcanoes, killer...
Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
I am deeply troubled and grieved by Donald Trump’s order to kill by drone strike Iran’s second most powerful leader, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, together with the Iraqi Shia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The Trump Administration’s killing of these two men on...
Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sermon for Epiphany Sunday – Fr. Sean Davidson St. Mark’s Anglican Church, Sussex Corner, NB Welcome to the 2020s. That sounds amazing, doesn’t it? Like we’ve entered the realm of science fiction. But here we are. And let me also say happy Epiphany. Today we not only...
Jan 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
It is Saturday morning. The wind is brisk and carries with it winters embrace. I am moving towards my first cup of coffee awaiting me on the counter and I catch sight of a friend and I move towards encounter. I am greeted with warmth and welcome, an invitation to...
