Nicholas Samaras’ poem in this issue (page 2) got me thinking – not just about the wonderful truth he reveals as he moves us through his psalm, but about “then,” …
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No cause for celebration, Cherry-picking Menno, Buzzwords, Can’t we expand?, No superhumans for hirere January, February
Biblicism applied After a couple of decades of exposure to superpastors like Bill Hybels, Rob Bell, Rick Warren, and Mark Driscoll, I have had enough. If I never hear another …
Salt and light, The work of justice, They matter too much, A call for respect, The marginalized are here, New, but poor, No negotiationre August, October, January
In 1569, Dirk Willems was fleeing for his life across a frozen pond. Imprisoned for his faith, he had escaped custody, but a “thief-catcher” was hard on his heels. Dirk …
Some years ago, Richard Foster published a book with the title, Money, Sex and Power. I’ve been reflecting on these categories, especially in the face of recent moral failures of …
For a short time, I was a youth pastor at Siksika First Nation in southern Alberta, under YMI-TREK. I asked some of the parents at a youth meeting why the …
We’re now in the season of Lent – going up to Jerusalem, as it were, with Jesus. When we check the route (in the so-called Travel Narrative of Luke’s Gospel, …
As I stared at the computer screen, my mother’s words started to finally sink in. Two years left, one last hope, had a good life. They flew through my mind …
An interview with Doug Heidebrecht Last July, after teaching at Bethany College in Hepburn, Sask. for 16 years, Doug Heidebrecht moved to Winnipeg to become director of the Centre for …
In the 16th century, one of the causes of the radical reform in Zurich was infant baptism, which Conrad Grebel and the early Anabaptists opposed. In the public debates of …
Something quite profound happens when we set a child “in the midst,” as Jesus did (Matthew 18:2) – when we stop, that is, and pay attention to the children in …
Responsibility to protect; Not “either, or”; Humanity not separate; Gluttonous consumption; Further to review; Misleading illustration; For the record; Guilt and punishment; Double sadness; One miracle – and waiting for …
In 1993, British science minister William Waldegrave promised a bottle of champagne to anyone who could explain to him in one typewritten page what the Higgs boson was and why …
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What I learned from a goldfinch
by ContributorWalking through my garden one early morning, I heard a fluttering under the cherry tree. My German shepherd pup had a female goldfinch pinned to the ground. He released her …