Good Morning, I have this last chance to gather with you and a final opportunity to speak. And, despite my convictions otherwise, I am not entirely sure this will be a sermon in the traditional sense but something different. We will not be exegeting a passage of scripture together instead I want to talk about…
Our first Psalm is Psalm 6. Traditionally one of the communal songs of penitence – often sung in anticipation of Easter during Lent but the early church. Lent helps us reorient our lives and remind ourselves that we do need salvation. That there are things that are fundamentally flawed with us that need to be…
I have tried to figure out what, if anything, to say in light of the significant moment we are currently witnessing. The epicentre of it is in America but that does not mean that Canada isn’t caught up in it- both in terms of culpability and result. The deaths murders of George Floyd, Brianna Taylor,…
There is no better time to reflect and re-tell the Christmas story than on Christmas Eve. The story doesn’t change, we might notice or highlight different aspects but it is the same story. I heard a pastor say that the story doesn’t change but the sermon must- I think we all agree. Tonight, we had…
On September 27th, I was invited to participate in an inter-faith prayer service called: “Prayers for the Earth: Lament & Hope in a Climate Crisis.” Here is the transcript of my prayer of lament.
There are various things we could talk about on Resurrection Sunday. We could lay out the minimal facts arguments for the resurrection and see how it is the most logical explanation for what happened that first Easter Morning. That would be informative maybe even interesting.
There are lots of things I struggle with in modern evangelicalism, but nothing more than the relationship of its so-called leaders to power. It has been a problem we have seen throughout the history of the church and well into the first testament. Our desire is for power and all the trappings that go with…
I was quite excited to read Emboldened and I wasn’t disappointed. What is so fascinating about Emboldened, is that it presents a vision of hopefulness without becoming argumentative or hostile. This charitable and uplifting tone is not unsurprising if you have read or listened to Tara Beth, but discussions related to women preaching and teaching…
Wayne Grudem is a famous and infamous theologian. His seminal work “Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine”is required reading for many theology students. I trudged my way through it last year, when I was forced to read it for an internship. Of the full version Systematics text books I have read (fully or partially), I…
Part 2 – You can read Part 1 here. There was a lot of dejection and despair. When we got back, I started reaching out to people to see if they knew of anything. The person who first directed me to the church in White Rock encouraged me to connect with them and see if there was…