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“A person or community that remembers its story as a story of grace is delivered from the bondage of anxious self aggrandizement.” – Sally Brown (professor of preaching at Princeton Theological Seminary) When I came across that quote of Sally…
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Ok, I like to think that I connect the biblical story to the modern day as much as the next preacher. However there are those who try to do so in such a way that drives me crazy. Here is…
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Just in case you didn’t know, the street in front of our church has been torn up this summer. This has made it difficult for people to get into our building but, of course, as everyone comments, “it will be…
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So the Olympics have begun. I think that I am pretty typical in my attitude toward the Olympic Games. Before the fames I am deeply cynical. I mutter about drug use and money wasted and promises not kept. I pontificate,…
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I learned a new phrase this week – ‘the new domesticity’. Do you know about this? It is being used to describe a movement back to honouring home economics; things like the canning of foods, cooking, gardening, furniture making. For…
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This week Susan and I planted a tree in our back yard. This is something I have wanted to do for a long, long time. There is something very hopeful about planting a tree. It will live far longer than…
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Well, first let me say, “thanks for reading this”. Governance is not exactly a hot topic. We at TSA launched a governance review at our AGM this year. It was sparked by conflicts that emerged in the fall and general…
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In a recent edition of the United Church Observer Garrison Keillor was featured. Garrison has run a radio show on NPR in the States since 1974. The show features old time music and stories based on the fictional town of…
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