Wrestling with Shifting Faith in a Restless World
As I entered my teenage years, other people continually observed that I looked far older than my age. As I hit eighteen (and even now), people remark that I look younger than my age. Not that numerical age plays any huge role, but I remember thinking as a child: “When will my hands look like…
Originally posted on gathering the stones:
Most Christians never question where the palms on Palm Sunday come from. It never occurred to me, until my first year pastoring, that someone had to get the palms (and order them well in advance). But as we approach Palm Sunday, we ought to reexamine our theology of palms.…
No one wants to be tolerated. That’s right. You heard me. When was the last time you felt free and accepted by someone else because they gently whispered in your ear: “I tolerate you”? Really? I don’t know about you, but when someone tolerates me I feel like they are simply putting up with…
Originally posted on Reluctant Mysticism:
Mirrored Objective via freeimages.com It’s inevitable. No matter what we believe or what we stand for, someone will invariably disagree with us. Sometimes it’s over petty life stuff. Obviously the correct way to replace the toilet paper roll is OVER — it’s just common sense — but there are strange…
I always enjoy sharing Tadhg Talks. As we Albertans continue to bear the onslaught of winter — and even find solace in the cold and snow — find encouragement, too, in thoughts of spring. Peace. As we’re in the season of spring, the main element of our focus of this time is air. But, that’s…
Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America just now. I’ll admit it: I feel sick to my stomach. I still don’t understand how a narcissistic bully without any political experience won the presidency using racism, misogyny, lies, and outright meanness. He’s a cruel man, and I’m having a…
Originally posted on Reluctant Mysticism:
Since the memorable dance between Harry Potter and Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Pt.1), O Children has gained an instant following. It’s blusey-gospel-sway finds the listener swept away to times we wish we had, times when we wished we had acted differently, and times when we…
