The goodness of humanity in a storm.
On Tuesday Feb 16 we had a huge snow storm. Susan and I were coming back from Toronto in the midst of it and decided to call it quits at Kingston. We pulled off the highway and booked into a…
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Writings
Welcome to Lent!
For those of you who like me grew up in the United Church of Canada, the evolution of Lent in our churches has been amazing. When I was a child we were simply told that, “it was a catholic thing”…
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Practicing Sabbath
My favourite theologian and biblical scholar, Walter Brueggeman once said that the most radical thing a person can do in North American society is to practice the sabbath. Now some remember “sabbath” as a miserable day during which they weren’t…
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Local paper challenges Christians
Did you see in our local paper, the Renfrew Mercury, the editor’s wish list for 2016. It was in the Dec 31 edition. She wrote that she hopes, “Christians who want to put the Christ back in Christmas will also…
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Gretta Vosper – the atheist minister
Do you know the name Gretta Vosper? She is a United Church minister serving in the Toronto area. She is a published author and has been featured on CBC radio, CTV’s Canada AM, and the United Church’s own publication, “the…
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