2025 Lent is for Resistance
Including one free resource to help plan your resistance. Welcome to Ash Wednesday. It wasn’t on purpose, but I wrote this entry on the 40th day following the presidential inauguration. Apropos to the Lent rituals that follow Christ’s 40-day desert...Setting Values – In Pursuit of a ‘Good Way’
As 2025 begins, with capitalism entering its late stages and governing parties across the globe (and specifically in North America) favouring right-wing populism, now is the moment to revisit what we stand for that in turn helps shape where we put our precious and...
2025 and Tethering Ourselves for Survival
Today is Epiphany. It marks Christ revealed to the Gentiles for the first time. The story is about the three wisemen. Often depicted at the nativity crèche, if the story of magi visitation is true, they met toddler Jesus just before the family escaped as refugees to...A Reflection on Grief and Deconstructing Christianity
There’s a notable theme when I hear stories from folks who find themselves on the outside of community looking in. (This was originally posted in the newsletter and reposted on the blog for public readership.) It wasn’t that long ago when I came to the...
The Way of Jesus is Subversion
You’ve heard it said…when Jesus was riding into the city on the colt (remembered on Palm Sunday) he not only fulfilled a prophecy from Zechariah, but it was a subversive act that folks seeking liberation would have not expected. Jesus opted for a colt over...
40 Going on 50
Birthday month over here. My 4th COVID birthday and a bit of a milestone. Celebrate with me by finding one of my books if you haven’t already. You can visit my shop or ask your local book retailer to get one. Four decades as taught me a few things (not many),...