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is theology helpful?
Image from radiofreebabylon.comThe ever candid and refreshing Anne Lamott recently wrote: "Now, two Sundays ago, I had two boys out of three in my youth group that same age [17], who have had brain...
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worship practice
Theology is not black and white. It is not cut and dried, whatever that means (sounds a bit like beef jerky). For most of us, at some point, this supposed fuzziness becomes slightly problematic. We...
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What's in a Name?
Image from pixshark.comIn our culture, a name is mostly a means of identification, but in biblical times, a named told you something about a person's identity, about who they were, about their...
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why do we go to conferences?
I wrote a bit about my experience at the Vineyard USA Conference in Columbus, Ohio this past week. Here is the post as it appeared originally on my personal blog. Sorry for the lack of specific...
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Teaching children and children teaching
Image from developer.mozilla.orgOne of the biggest challenges in our faith community is making space for and involving our kids in spiritual formation in a meaningful and appropriate way. A lot of our...
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go ahead, ask a question...
Image from likesuccess.comThis morning I attended a presentation on the topic of critical realism and how it connects theology and science. Basically, the presenter sought to develop a link between...
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cookies and questions: report from the CETA conference
This past weekend I participated in the Canadian Evangelical Theological Association's fall conference at Tyndale University in Toronto. I had never been to this particular conference before so did not...
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snapshots of trust
Image from immigrationimpact.comSnapshot number one:Â Last week I was in Vancouver for a series of lectures at Regent College and St. Mark's College. After a few days of talks, meetings, and a chance to...
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calling all the fearful, doubting, and confused
The Annunciation. Image from ncregister.comI have been reading Father James Martin's excellent book, Jesus: A Pilgrimage, which is a meditation on the life of Jesus based on Martin's memoirs of...
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The new normal
Sheep path. Image from chriscollision.wordpress.comMy feline companion of over 17 years passed away last month and I am adjusting to a new normal, one where there is no cat living in our house (you can...
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making good small decisions
Suscipe Prayer of St. Ignatius. Image from catholicismpure.comDecisions, decisions...we make many of them each day. We decide whether to wear the pink socks or the black socks and whether to have...
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The leaning Jesus
Image from meclarkeconsulting.comLet's start off with a little Greek lesson. The Greek word which we usually translate as grace is charis, which comes from chairo which means to rejoice or be glad....
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inside a thesis defence
Last week, I passed the milestone of defending my doctoral dissertation (cheer), and since pretty much everyone on the planet was not present for that momentous event, I thought I would offer you a...
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Love yourself
Image from onmogul.comI recently read Henri Nouwen's book, Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life. In it, he talks about holistic spiritual formation in the form of three movements: in...
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a lesson from biceps and triceps
Image from muscularsystem12.weebly.comI recently re-read the book, Fearfully and Wonderfully Made, written by surgeon Dr. Paul Brand in cooperation with Philip Yancey. In it, the authors explore the...
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metaphors matter (and so do similes)
Image from www.planet-science.comFinish this sentence: Life is like...If you have ever seen the movie Forrest Gump, you might have answered "a box of chocolates." Some people say that life is like a...
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podcasts, pond water, and an orange cat (kingdom sightings)
Green leaf under microscopeImage from rainforestsaver.orgThe significance of the small things is a theme I keep bumping into these days. Here are a few vignettes from the past week.Vignette one: I have...
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the great and radical co-mission of Jesus
Image from powerhouserecovery.comMission. The word conjures up all types of image in my mind. I went to a Bible college which emphasized missions. We had missions prayer groups, missions conferences,...
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time for catechesis
Catechesis (noun): educating and instructing people in life as followers of Jesus and members of the body of Christ. Stated another way, catechesis is spiritual formation, and it doesn't happen just...
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wanted: patience
Image from playbuzz.comFinish the following phrase: I need patience when.... Your answers might include things like parenting, standing in line, performing some detailed task, losing weight, or going...
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