Telling stories, forming community
Dear friends, Last Tuesday, when I was speaking about my research on the church in South Sudan, I showed a picture of one of my [...]
Dear friends, Last Tuesday, when I was speaking about my research on the church in South Sudan, I showed a picture of one of my [...]
Dear friends, As the days grow short, the liturgical calendar directs our attention forward to what is to come. We have already sensed this in [...]
Dear colleagues, Last Friday, the Ministry Seminar for students in the first two years of the M.Div. discussed Bivocational: Returning to the Roots of Ministry [...]
Dear colleagues, Here is an obvious statement: for Christians, the Bible is important. That thought has recurred for me several times in recent weeks. I [...]
Dear colleagues, This summer, I visited Manitoulin Island, the island that separates Georgian Bay from the rest of Lake Huron. Manitoulin is important to me [...]
Dear colleagues, When he was Archbishop of Cape Town, Desmond Tutu instituted a policy that prohibited clergy from being members of a political party. The [...]
Dear friends, As the weather turns and the school year shifts into a new gear, I find myself thinking about the integration between the life [...]
Dear colleagues, One of the hymns at our recent retreat had the refrain: “Thus chosen, now, O Lord, we ask for faith in your unfailing [...]
Dear colleagues, This spring, I had the chance to spend a little time with my seminary classmate and friend Steve Blackmer. Steve is now the [...]