Why Do I Believe in the Resurrection?

Yesterday I received an email from a friend who told me they were not sure that they believed in the physical resurrection of Jesus. I was surprised because this person has a strong Christian faith. And I know that if I scratched the surface of many of my friends I would find the same doubts [...]

April Synchroblog – What If Jesus Did Not Rise

For the April 2012 Synchroblog, we are exploring the question,“What if the resurrection is a lie?” Make no mistake, we are not challenging the historical fact of the bodily resurrection of Jesus. We firmly believe in the historical reality of the death, burial, and bodily resurrection of Jesus. But we also know that soon after [...]

U2′s Easter Anthem Window in the Skies – post by Lee Wyatt

This morning’s post comes from Lee Wyatt. It was first posted on her blog Marginal Christianity  —— U2 gave us our Lenten anthem this year with their song “Walk On.” It seems appropriate to let them lead us into Easter as well. Their beautiful song “Window in the Skies” is a Resurrection ballad that extols [...]

Prayers for the Journey

This is a summary of the prayers that I have posted on facebook and twitter in the last couple of weeks Still my mind O God, calm my spirit, Draw me to a place where my soul finds solitude, May I listen to the sounds of silence, And hear your quiet whispers. _____________________________ God transform us [...]

Prayers for the Journey

I just realized a couple of days ago that I stopped posting my weekly roundup of prayers from Light for the Journey at the beginning of Advent with the intention of restarting this practice whenever Christmas was over. I am a little late, but here are the prayers that I have posted each morning since [...]

Strengthening Our Backbones – Why Do We Trust in God?

This post is the fifth in the series Whatever happened to Our Backbones?  Whatever Happened to our Backbones? Strengthen You Spiritual Backbones: The Importance of Creeds Strengthen You Spiritual Backbone – Write Your Own Creed   Whatever Happened to Our Backbones – Practices that Give Us Strength I had intended that this would to be [...]

St Francis of Assis – by Jamie Arpin Ricci

Today’s post is the second in a series by Jamie Arpin Ricci around the themes of his just published book The Cost of Community. Jamie is an urban missionary, pastor, church planter and writer living in Winnipeg’s inner city West End neighbourhood. He is planter & pastor of Little Flowers Community, in the inner city of Winnipeg. Jamie is also forming [...]

The Sermon on the Mount – Jamie Arpin Ricci

Today’s post is the first in a series by Jamie Arpin Ricci around the themes of his just published book The Cost of Community. Jamie is an urban missionary, pastor, church planter and writer living in Winnipeg’s inner city West End neighbourhood. He is planter & pastor of Little Flowers Community, in the inner city of [...]

Top Ten Mediation Tips from Micha Jazz At Peaceworks.

Tom and I have just returned from a 5 day whirlwind trip to the East Coast working with Mennonites at Laurelville Mennonite Center, Renewal and Creation Care Study Program. I am still a little jetlagged as we arrived home at 1 am so I was delighted to discover a link to this great article on [...]

Prayers for the Journey

Here is my weekly roundup of prayers from facebook You are the God who gives me lives You are the Christ who shows me love You are the Spirit who fills me with peace May I remember and give thanks ________________________________________ Sit in the quietness of the moment Look back with gratitude Look forward with [...]