Category: christian spirituality
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I was recently asked by the United Church of Canada’s Gathering publication to articulate an answer to the question ‘what is the gospel?’ My response will be published in the Pentecost 2027 issue of Gathering. In their request, they noted: At last summer’s United Church General Council, a proposal was received that called upon the…
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Principles and Stories in a Time of (Rising) Fascism Thursday June 11, 2026 – 7pm @ The Upper Room (AbbeyChurch office / Lending Library) – United Commons – on the lands of the Songhees and Esquimalt (Xʷsepsəm) Nations. Masking encouraged. Folks who know me well will know that – though I’m a bit shy about…
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I’m excited to be one of the presenters at the inaugural Whitehorse Worship Arts Festival and Contemplative Retreat this July alongside some amazing folk. It’ll be my first time in Yukon on the traditional and contemporary territories of the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council and the Kwanlin Dün First Nation. Check out all the details here: https://www.worshipartsfest.ca/…
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Years ago, at the height of my activist years, on the verge of a second or third burnout, I stumbled across a quote from that amazing, broken, paradox-filled Trappist monk, hipster, vow-breaking, activist, poet and monastic – Father Louis – known more popularly as Thomas Merton. This is the quote: There is a pervasive form…
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I’d suggest that there are, ultimately, four expressions of Christian faith: As you can see, when I’m speaking of expressions, I’m not talking here about the number of denominations in Christendom. I would suggest, that all four of these expressions exist in many, if not all, of the world’s denominations or divisions. Though the…