This is a story about a great reversal. You know that “to reverse” means to go backwards, like reversing a car. A reversal can also mean a change of some sort, and I’m going to tell you about a reversal having to do with grapes. Of course, you know how delicious grapes are. Grapes are…
When I was a kid (a long time ago), there weren’t as many superheroes as there are now. But I do remember that the main superhero was Superman. The Superman radio show (this was before we had TV) would always start with a loud roaring noise and then a shout: “Look up! What is it?…
Jack and I are planning an early winter vacation. Lord willing, we’ll trade some of the short, dark days of December for tropical breezes and warm sunshine. Mmm… we’ll linger over morning coffee in the dappled shade of a palm tree, wiggle our toes in the powdery sand and float blissfully on the turquoise waters…
At St. Patrick’s church, downtown,where Homeless Jesussleeps on a park bench at the corner,they handed outtheir one millionth free mealto Robert, who was next in line.He’s been coming for ten years. It started with sandwichespassed through the living room windowof the rectory, and graduatedto breakfast and a hot lunch, madein a state-of-the-art kitchen,newly set up in the school next door,using…
This month, we celebrate the Incarnation, a fancy word we use to remember a baby born in a stable, in an occupied country, in poverty. Yet this event is full of mystery. The creeds tell us this baby was fully God and fully man in one person. Yet from what we have learned about God’s…
Since Blessed are the Undone came out, I’ve been invited to talk about faith deconstruction in classrooms, board rooms and churches – and once, maybe fittingly, in a working art studio, where every surface had a layer of colourful grit. At the All Canada Summit in Kitchener, Ontario, on November 7, I wore a T-shirt…
I came across a strange little story in the Gospel of Matthew. I’d been looking for words about kingship because the November lectionary brings the church year to a close with the celebration of Christ as King, and so I stumbled upon Matthew 17: 24-27. At first glance, it looks like another version of the…
I don’t know when I got the blank postcard or who gave it to me, but for years I’ve used it as a bookmark. The sculpture on the front is striking. Two figures, one seated, one standing, are joined at the feet and lean towards each other. Together, they hold an overflowing basin of water,…
Of all the towns offered /
in the Italian countryside /
the weight carried /
by the star /
of Umbria /
casts the longest shadow.
How can Christians move past polarization? CC’s Editor Angela Reitsma Bick asked Psychology Professor Dr. Lucian Gideon Conway III to use his expertise in the psychology of culture and politics to answer that question. CC: We all have examples of the deep divides in our country, churches and families. What tools can we use to…
I got chatting with a fellow mom at a parent-and-tot drop-in in my neighbourhood recently. She asked me casually what I do for a living. I took a deep breath, smiled and answered, “I’m a pastor. Like, at a church.” She gave me the same confused look I’ve seen many times by now. Rest assured,…
Cruelty has become a headline issue. Seizing and sending a migrant worker to a squalid prison where they are removed from any legal or personal support is cruel. Forcibly moving residents in Gaza again and again is cruel. Is cruelty ever acceptable? Is it tolerable if it serves an end goal? Is cruelty a sin…
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