Dec 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
It is 30 years ago this year I began a PHD thesis on Martin Buber at McMaster University. McMaster was a hub of Biblical Jewish-Christian Studies and, in a much more general sense, historic Jewish-Christian relationships (for good and ill). Needless to say, the...
Dec 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Nobody believes that an individual or isolated group of individuals who decide to blow up an abortion clinic or enter with guns blazing to be indicative of orthodox Christianity (orthodoxy here meaning the “accepted norm” rather than the Orthodox church as an entity)....
Dec 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
It's not God's power that we need to focus on, it's our misuses of the power we are given. Just like God's power, our power needs to come under the supervision of love. We are not good at doing this. We are so bad at it, in fact, that we expect even...
Nov 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
Matthew 1:1-16 When Matthew records Jesus’ family tree in the opening words of his gospel, he is writing to his Jewish neighbors who were asking, “What qualifies Jesus to be this Messiah we have been awaiting so long?” Qualifications are...
Nov 23, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last week when I heard the news about the attacks in Paris, I was outraged and deeply saddened—a sentiment that has increased as the week’s events have continued to unfold, giving way to a clarification of Jesus’ distinct and compelling call. Familiarity with the...
Nov 16, 2015 | Uncategorized
Internationally, the third week of November has for a number of decades now been designated as Restorative Justice Week. The website for CSC (Correctional Service Canada), http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/restorative-justice/003005-2000-eng.shtml, implies that it supports...
