June 29, 2018

Suffering and Hope in the Tipi and the Cathedral

I don’t know if this story is true, if I dreamt it or wished it into being. But I know the imagery arose during a conversation with my son, Caleb, about the rough patch ahead in his quest to be free o...

March 28, 2017

Stealing Takes More Than Money

The current environment of treating drug addiction as a criminal problem rather than a health issue means that, inevitably, addicts are driven to crime to satisfy their daily needs. Caleb was no diffe...

January 25, 2017 / 6 Comments

How Should the Church Respond to this New Era?: A Leadership Blog

How should the Church respond to the culture change personified and possibly foreshadowed by the US election? Although this emerges as fresh and powerful, the question has occupied Christian ethicists...

January 17, 2017

5 Reasons the Church May Make it: A Leadership blog

Last week I published a blog, 5 Reasons the Church May Not Find a Way Ahead. This blog is the counterpoint. First, a couple of preliminary clarifications. When using the word “church” I do n...

January 3, 2017

What Keeps Me Going During the Dark Times

What keeps me going during those soul-parching times of wondering whether my son is alive or lying alone in a damp alley, with an empty needle by his side? No singular answer. Delicate words...

September 29, 2016

Discomfort in Seattle of Biblical Proportion

The stories of Jesus often make me uncomfortable. We - Grandma and two of the grandsons - were rushing towards Safeco Field to see the Toronto Blue Jays play the Seattle Mariners. The delay at th...

September 16, 2016 / 1 Comment

Who Will Raise the Ethical Questions in the Future?

The recall notice advised that we bring our 2016 Honda CRV in as soon as possible. The interesting twist was that the potential problem with the transmission was not mechanical. The appointment would ...

September 13, 2016

Prayer – I’m still wrestling with it

I do not believe that prayer resembles a spiritual sucking of the thumb, whose prime function is to soothe troubled nerves and anxious hearts. Although, at times, it does do both. Nor is it prima...

July 12, 2016 / 2 Comments

The Staggering Theological Challenge for This Generation

Our eight-year-old granddaughter Zoe worries about ISIS. She wonders where her family might find a safe place. Is it a personal matter? As one of the more intuitive and imaginative of our grandch...

June 28, 2016 / 13 Comments

Looking for The Place to Really Fit

When I travelled a great deal for work, one of the first things I would do upon settling into the hotel room was to turn on the television. Media theorists linked the act to the ancient tribal pr...

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