Leadership in tough times

Typically I don’t talk about government issues here. It’s more of a matter of my position in the community. Also, I’m not in any particular favour of  one party over another, I look to the leaders and candidates representing me, and if I like what I...

Worship Transitions

It’s the week after Christmas. It’s the middle of the week, and I’m looking ahead to Sunday’s service. Over the last 6 weeks we’ve had lots of special services. We’ve had services of celebration in music, we’ve had the Sunday...

The ‘Unfuneral’

What do you do when you are asked to be with a family who want some sort of recognition or ritual when a loved one has passed away? You plan a funeral or memorial service, right? But what if that family was deeply hurt by the church 20 years ago at the most vulnerable...

What Do We Mean By God?

(I originally posted this on http://cruxifusion.ca) This past month some different lines of thought answering the question “What do we mean by God?” was published in a small, but national church magazine. As I read through the responses, I found myself asking the...

Blog Action Day 2010: Water

Today bloggers are rallying to speak about a need in the world. I haven’t done anything like this before. Usually I think that simply tweeting, blogging, ‘liking’, or clicking doesn’t mean a whole lot. But this time I think that if...

Post-wedding Blog Post

As I write this I am sitting in a cottage in northern Cape Breton. It is early October and the mountains, valleys and oceans are spectacular. I am writing this post, not directly into my blog, but rather as a note on my macbook because I have no internet access at the...