3S + 1R
Ultimate Self-careImage: Celestine Chua I love alliteration ... I also had not anticipated blogging with 3S & 1R: Spiritual, Sabbath, Self-Care & Religious. In fact, I had thought I would be adding a new addition
TED|Ep. 2
I made a promise to TEDxWinnipeg (previously known as TEDxManitoba) in 2014. I committed to sharing their important work in my faith-based context. I have lived into that pledge by creating another recurring feature for A
Old Seeds, New Soil
Old Seeds, New Soil Credit: Richard Manley-Tannis This week's blog offers the fruition of the musing of two previous blogs: Seeds & The Word. Both of these blogs were used to
Advent|Peace
Advent: It’s time to wait. For whom are we waiting? As Christians, we say that is Jesus! This is a Holy Time in our Christian calendar when we might make space for reflection, silence
Thrills Gum
Thrills Gum I was thinking of calling this last blog, before holidays and Sabbatical, ‘An Epistle,’ but the flavour of Thrills Gum has been disturbing me since this blog began to write
Control
I have been thinking a lot about control and what it means for communities of faith? What does it mean for Christianity as it enters a time and context when we are no longer at
Advent|Do-ers & Be-ers
Advent is here and I have to admit that I am feeling some melancholy. This time last year I was in Israel-Palestine with Christian Peacemaker Teams. It was easy, I am aware of the irony, in that place to be a Do-er and and Be-er at the same time. Each day began and was framed by worship that was grounded in using The Beatitudes as a way in which to experience the Holy in places that were not always easy and in which the temptation for apathy and cynicism was always present. Using our hearing of The Beatitudes made it possible to be fully present as a Do-er!