Semá:th X̱ó:tsa: Sts’ólemeqwelh Sx̱ó:tsa (Great Gramma’s Lake) – The Reach Gallery Museum
“Semá:th X̱ó:tsa: Sts'ólemeqwelh Sx̱ó:tsa (Great Gramma's Lake)" is a children’s book published by The Reach Gallery Museum, in collaboration with Stó:lō partners, that tells the story of the draining of Sumas Lake from an Indigenous perspective.
The Christian Prophetic Tradition by Ron Dart
People have understood and defined the Christian Prophetic Tradition in many ways during the history of the Church. In short, several sub-traditions have developed within the much larger and more epic Christian Prophetic Tradition, each with its own unique tendencies,...
The Prophetic “Zone”? by Brad Jersak
I was thinking about the distinction that’s been drawn between the prophetic gift and the sheep hearing the voice of God themselves. It seems to me that Scripture does draw a distinction of sorts, but that we are prone to struggle over what that is. I. False...
Pied Piper Prophets by Brad Jersak
In Hamlin town, long long ago,Nobody was happy, no, no, noTheir pretty little town was full of rats!In everything they ate big holesAnd drank their soup from the big soup bowlsAnd even made their nests in people’s hatsAlong came a fellow slim and tall,And said to the...
Designer People by Bladerunner
“1 Now the whole earth had one language and few words. 2 And as men migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. 3 And they said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly." And they had brick...
The Victorious, Weaponless King of My Heart by Brad Jersak
During the last presidential elections in the US, I was facilitating a discipleship training school on “Listening to God.” About half of these college-age students were Americans, evenly split by Republican and Democrat polarizations. One evening, we were watching the...
Do We Need the Prophets? by Brad Jersak
I would like to give a clarifying word about where I stand personally on the question of “the prophets.” Some folks believe that my teaching on "listening prayer" negates any need or place for prophets in the church today. Occasionally I hear that I've even...
Is “Beholding the Lord” Guided Imagery? by Brad Jersak
When I lead prayer seminars on finding a visual “meeting place” with God, I often bump into fear that this is a version of "guided imagery" or “visualisation”--a psychological or New Age technique that can be spiritually hazardous. How does this differ from...
God-Chasing, Pressing In, and Other Veil Language by Brad Jersak
One of the features that first drew me into the late 20th century renewal movement was my hunger and thirst to be “touched” by the presence of God. Feeling dry and empty, I began to earnestly seek after an experience of the living presence of Christ wherever I caught...
The Spacious Place by Eden Jersak
2 Samuel 22:20 (NIV) He brought me out into a spacious place; He rescued me because he delighted in me. The picture I see when imagining the spacious place is of a beautiful mountain meadow. It stretches as far as the eye can see with beautiful vistas of spacious...
Visions of Justice in “The Two Towers” by Greg Wright
This contribution originated as a lecture in November, 2003 and is excerpted from the forthcoming book by Greg Wright, Peter Jackson in Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema's The Lord of the Rings. (Hollywood Jesus Books, August 2004, ISBN 0-9759577-0-8)In the...