A few years ago CBC reported on a special community meeting between police officials and parents in Abbottsford, British Columbia. The subject was predators, psychopaths and drug pushers-how to recognize them, what to do about them and how to protect our children from them. Not a pleasant topic, to be sure, but a symptom of the kind of world we inhabit.
What does it mean to believe in God in our world? For some of us,belief may not come easy. I think of the people who come to the parishoffice seeking a food voucher. Many have physical or mental healthproblems, and they are simply unable to work or hold a steady job.
If you happen to come across a prayer book from the U.S. Episcopal Church, check the calendar of saints. You’ll find that April 8 commemorates William Augustus Muhlenberg, an outstanding 19th-century priest and pastor in New York City.
As a priest, I have had to ministerto parishioners in deep personal crisis, experiencing grief, loss,heartbreak and tragedy. Numbed and benumbed by their circumstances, thefirst question they usually ask is, “Why?”
At a luncheon conversation with clergy friends, the question arose, “What is the biggest problem facing the church today?”
“You didn’t build that!”This phrase from an election campaign speech was uttered by U.S.President Barack Obama last July in Roanoke, Virginia.
Do you remember when you were ordained? You are, you know, ordained. Youare a minister of the gospel. In the early rites of baptism, the churchmade this clear. The newly baptized Christian was given a white robe,symbolic of the new life now being lived.
Few figures in the Bible capture our imagination as much as the Magi. Wedon’t know who they were or where they came from, so they remainshrouded in mystery. We know only what the Bible tells us: they left thesecurity of their home to follow a star.
In August 1865, an Episcopal priest from Philadelphia by the name of Phillips Brooks embarked upon an extended trip to Europe and the Holy Land.
“A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be consoled, because they are no more.”
One of those heartwarming stories in Chicken Soup for the Soul is about a little girl named Schia. She was four years old when her
Shortly before the Second World War, the poet W.H. Auden wrote these words: We who must die demand a miracle. How could the Eternal do
His health was failing. A stroke had weakened his left side and affected his memory. Soon after, he became unable to manage the workings of
War is indelibly impressed upon the Canadian psyche. This year, the government of Canada is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812-a conflict
At the time of the first anniversary of Steve Jobs’ death, many newspaper and magazine cartoonists remembered and celebrated his achievements at Apple, his rivalry
Would you agree with me that we are living in a high tech world? For many of us, technology has taken control of our lives.
Diana Butler Bass’s new book (Christianity After Religion: The End of Church and the Birth of a New Spiritual Awakening, HarperOne, 2012, $28.99, ISBN: 978-0062003737)
David Mahoney was the chairman of Norton Simon. Richard Beeson, president of Norton Simon’s Canada Dry division, had been on the job only a few
A few years ago, business author Tony Schwartz wrote an incisive blog on the number one addiction of corporate executives today-money. When we think of
Who was George Reeves? Do you know? Let me give you some hints. When I was a boy growing up in the 1950s, George Reeves
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