Today is the greatest wall flower Christian celebration of all time and yet one of the most powerfully hopeful days - Ascension Day (admit it, you missed it, didn’t you?). I love this day for all sorts of reasons: it is the culmination of Christ’s ministry, it is the next stage of God’s mission, and… Continue reading On wallflowers and kite-flying
In the last post, I observed what I’m seeing as a changing worship pattern - twice a month as the new normal. While these trends in worship patterns are interesting data to observe, the more important question is about how we practice Sabbath. The changing worship patterns are, in some measure, a reaction to the… Continue reading The new normal and Sabbath keeping: practicing 24/6
This week I took the kids for a walk around the University of Toronto. It's a gorgeous campus nestled in the centre of the city, filled with great architecture, wide greens to play and lounge on a spring day, and endless hallways to get lost in (not to mention the hall in Hart House that… Continue reading Friday photos
In my tradition, twice was the norm. Growing up in the Christian Reformed Church, attending church twice every Sunday was a non-negotiable, a near creational given. "Oncers" were deemed on a slippery slope to perdition, an accommodation to the ease of culture and all its entertainments (and how I desperately wanted to be a oncer… Continue reading Twice (a month) – the new normal?
A few shots from around town - distillery district, the entrails of a poster pole, and the old & new of Toronto.
While I walked through Holy Week, considering the cross and Christ’s sacrifice, I was also reading The Hunger Games. With the recent cinematic splash of the movie version, I figured I better get up to speed and dove into the first book (I’m hooked so I’m reading through the whole trilogy). As I finished it… Continue reading The Hunger Games in Holy Week
Nothing to say other than I love this shot and I love my little girl.
One of the upsides of the mobility of pastoral life is you get to enter a variety of new places with eyes wide open, often seeing and appreciating things locals easily pass by. In both Calgary and Vancouver, our previous homes that are still in our hearts, Betty and I felt like resident tourists and… Continue reading Friday photos
One of the great features of city life is the architecture, the shape and feel of the built form. Here's a few shots of Toronto's iconic modernist city hall designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell.
Calling all singles of faith, in the church or perhaps checked out of the church. Can you help me sort out a few things? I've been thinking about life as a single person in a community of faith, and then wondering about the role and reality of marriage for today's single. Here's why I'm thinking… Continue reading Singles, marriage and a match made in church?
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