One day I mourned; it could have been any day and in many places in our broken world.
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I have a friend who is ‘off the scale’ when they do tests about people being active, as opposed to those who, I suppose like me, are more contemplative.
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Sometimes it’s true – ‘You can’t get there from here !’ – not yet anyway. But who says it’s necessarily the end, or not possible, ever? Let's get underway!
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Whether we have a garden or an orchestra, we can appreciate the rich sights and smells or the wonderful sounds of music that emanate through such diversity - in the context of unity - from th
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I think of the words of Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche Communities (one of which is in Richmond Hill, Toronto) as I ponder how the church is best built up to strengthen people and bless the ho
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Smitten, I’m sure . . . How can two walk (er, swim) together unless they are agreed ?
A goose couple at Lasalle Park, Burlington, Ontario.
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Pauline ethics is fundamentally ecclesial in character for St. Paul sees the church as inheriting the corporate vocation of God's covenant people, Israel.
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What does it mean that in following after God's purposes for our lives, we remember that as Jesus was sent to our world, so are we?
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I visit LaSalle Park in Burlington, to try and get my bearings and to marvel at the majesty and serenity of the swans.
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Houses come in different shapes and sizes, of course, and are very different from land to land and culture to culture.
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As a Christian, I believe that all of us who live on planet earth ought to be the best stewards of the gift of this blue and green planet as we possibly can be.
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We need to form more partnerships and find more friends to help us on our Journey.
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In the New Testament record of St. John (John 21: 1-14) we find Jesus appearing once more to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.
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The Good News or The Gospel or Godspel is what changes folk, what can change the world. It guides, shelters, helps and keeps us.
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We need to beyond the goals of having good leadership and healthy churches to an enabled ministry that actually transforms the communities in which we live and serve.
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I wrote this a few yhears ago, when my Dad died.
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There are lots of things that can contribute to making a bad day. I am beginning to be really frustrated by the level of congestion found in driving in Toronto.
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In several of Toronto's 'gateway communities' - places of entrance to life in Canada (such as Regent Park, Thorncliffe Park Village and St.
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Some questions and suggestions for Christians, pastors, leaders - as we try to move forward in ministry . . .
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Prayer is talking to God, with God, connecting.
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I like to escape into history and to find through my own genealogical records some length and breadth and perspective for the living of my days.
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Ontario winter,
and roots in black soil of century past,
white covered, snow laden.
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I am pleased to note the many new and emerging expressions of Christian faith and community.
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Celtic Christian Spirituality, a book by Oliver Davies and Fiona Bowe that I picked up during last year’s visit to the Iona Community in Scotland, continues to speak to my soul.
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There’s got to be a point or a ‘so what?’ aspect beyond our having good leadership and healthy churches.
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Pilgrims walk together, or sometimes alone, sometimes pressed forward even pushed by those who are eager to get ahead. We all start on the road in the same way.
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Someone has said, Fail often; it's really the only way you learn. That would be true for most of us, remember, when we were learning to walk.
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Any saint with a dream for your part of the nation ?
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The 'modern age' assumed that we could control, predict and pressure into conformity all that we wanted to be and to do, pressing foward as we have been toward preferred outcomes for the life, meas
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A few years ago, I gathered with national Canadian Baptist leaders to think about missional leadership.
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I take for granted being able to sit down at table with friends and family - in the warmth of a cozy house in mid-winter, with all of the provision for both need and pleasure.
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