Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down

There are two traditional Scripture readings associated with Ash Wednesday.  The Gospel lesson is Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21 in which Jesus gives His disciples instructions...

In Remembrance

This is my first MLK Day holiday after five years in Canada where the third Monday in January is just another day, the start...

Dense

Ah, the colors of fall. Orange, red, gold, russet, and … pink. Yep. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and, if you have...

Heritage of Hate

The intense national debate over the removal of Confederate monuments often boils down to questions of intent and affect. What was the original intent...

The Legacy of September 11th

All of us who lived through September 11, 2001, remember precisely where we were and what we were doing when news of the terrorist...

Declaring Our Independence

The two nations on the North American continent that celebrate independence from Great Britain do so three days apart each year.  Here in Toronto, this...

Gray

May 31, 2020 Last night Some of my city burned This morning after surveying The remains I decided to finish painting My dining room table: blue And the chairs Confederate gray Irony not...

Listen to the Groans

Text: Romans 8:22-27 Some months ago, a friend referred me to an article in the July/August 2020 edition of Faith Today entitled “Listen to...

Daughters of Rizpah: Working Through Trauma

Buttry, Sharon A. and Daniel L. Buttry. Daughters of Rizpah: Nonviolence and the Transformation of Trauma. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2020. Sharon and Dan Buttry...

Beyond Boundaries

In my humble estimation, the story of Philip and the Ethiopian eunuch in Acts chapter 8 is one of the most overlooked stories in...

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