A Meditation on Power – David J. Goa

Love, justice, and power lay down together in a verdant field. – David Goa  Members of Sahakarini, friends. When Gail Stolee wrote to me some six weeks ago and asked who I might suggest to speak on power I responded with a number of names including those...

Passions and the Disciplines of Compassion – David Goa

“What I do I would not. What I would I do not.”[1] Why is it that so often we human beings fail to act out of our own centre? Rather, we react to what is before us out of previous experiences, forgotten struggles or idealized hopes and dreams. What is uppermost in our...

“Give to Caesar” – Jordan Shaw

Our community in the downtown east side of Vancouver has been slowly working through the Gospel of Mark. We’re nearing the beginning of the end, but first, Jesus has some more teaching to do. Here’s the story so far: Jesus has finished his long journey to Jerusalem,...