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The Bear you know
We hadn’t been at our campsite for very long when a truck pulled up and the driver asked if I had a minute. When I approached his vehicle, he explained that he hadn’t wanted to startle the children, but I should be aware that a bear had been spotted nearby. He was on his way…
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Non-corresponding cruise
This past week my family and I were on the road. We drove across the prairies, from our home in Alberta to a conference being held in Winnipeg. It’s an odd kind of gathering where most of the people you see are happy to be there but not at all excited about the task at…
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What I don’t like about Frozen
If you’ve ever had a kid knock on your door and then get mad at you for opening it because you were interrupting their song, you might have a kid that’s hooked on Frozen. Even though the DVD was released a long time ago, excitement for the movie and its related merchandise is still at…
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Servanthood on Parade
Why would I pay attention to the parade? I knew what to expect from the parade. I knew that some local C-list celebrity would be the parade marshal. I knew that all the aspiring and elected politicians would be seated prominently in expensive cars. I knew that the biggest, most elaborate displays would be signs…
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Bachelorette Jesus
On Palm Sunday, Jesus entered Jerusalem much like the Bachelorette enters the room, surrounded by many candidates who are not there for the right reasons.
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A New Slate of Biblical Movies
There has been a lot of talk lately about how much we should mix church and Hollywood. If producers made movies to generate good reviews, they would likely make another Biblical movie. Like it or not, in the show business world, there is no such thing as bad publicity. For every negative review that was…
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Forgiveness
One of the events on the calendar at the recent Truth and Reconciliation gathering I attended in Edmonton was an inter-faith panel. Representatives from Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh and First Nations spiritual communities were present. Each panelist spoke about how their faith teachings lead them to deplore the abuse that so often happened at these…
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But not like this
If Samuel can anoint a new king while the old king is still firmly and violently holding on to the throne, and if Jesus can heal a man who was born blind with mud, then each of us can be anointed in unorthodox ways for the challenges we face.
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A Truth Commission with Reconciliation Pending
Last week I spent a few days in the city of Edmonton to attend the final gathering of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission. I had attended a previous gathering in Montreal a year ago and for almost two years I have sat on a committee that has been discussing how to bring the issues that…
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In which I review “Jesus Feminist”: part II
I couldn’t narrow my thoughts about this book to one blog post, so this is second of a two-part review of “Jesus Feminist” by Sara Bessey. One of the great things about running a blog is that I get to declare decisions that I would have made, even though I am in no position to…