In the introduction to her final poetry collection, Luci Shaw writes about the slow, winter growth of an amaryllis bulb on her kitchen windowsill. A little further on, she reflects on her own long life: “I can live only one day at a time, and my hope is to live that one day fully and…
As I opened the book I’ve Got Questions by Erin Hicks Moon, I was hesitant about what I would find. Having it out with God comes with some fear and trepidation, not just because of who God is, but because of the culture we live in. However, within the first ten pages, it was as…
A blindingly bright January morning. /
In the distance ahead, to the east, /
a wink, /
a glint of metallic shimmer.
“Jehovah Jireh, my provider, his grace is sufficient for me, for me, for me.” Maybe you remember this praise song from the 1980’s. It comes from the difficult, but climactic, story of God’s test of Abraham to sacrifice Isaac in Genesis 22. Jehovah Jireh is an expression of trust. In February we started the retirement…
After a decade of caring for their traumatically brain-injured daughter, Harold and Janette Schuringa of Oakville think they know the answer. And an epic adventure on the Camino de Santiago last year with then 33-year-old Jen confirmed their hunch. To flourish, Jen needs challenge, community, and faith. This was not a question that Harold and…
In the age of music streaming services, listening to an entire album is becoming less common. Albums are structured around singles that will garner as much attention and radio play as possible or risk being forgotten. Paul Simon’s most recent album is the antithesis of such an approach. As noted on his official website, “Seven…
January brings bright, cold days when the whole world can feel like a fresh, clean start, the new year a possible paradise. Historically, paradise framed the Christian understanding of time. It was the beginning of human life in creation and also the longed-for perfect end of time. We started in a verdant, Edenic situation and…
I bought new shoes recently. They are unlike any shoes I’ve ever bought before. They are sleek and streamlined on top, rugged with aggressive tread on the bottom, and they have high-tech elastic “speed laces” with a quick-action toggle and a nifty secret pocket on the tongue in which to hide it. The only thing…
Most of the travellers on the road walked faster than we did. Most were young and in a rush to get to Santiago de Compostela in time for Easter. We were a family of five and kept pace with each other. The cathedral wasn’t going anywhere. And Easter would happen wherever we were. When I…
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