I was expecting to experiences something wonderful, but I didn’t know what. I was expecting to meet some great people, but I didn’t know who. I was expecting to be permanent and substantially changed, but I didn’t know how. I arrived in Burlington the evening before...
Well, we’ve come to the end of our three days together. Another great day with many interesting conversations. We only had one instigator today. It was John Bowen who shared with us ways in which churches and individuals have re-imagined the concept of church in...
It is going to be impossible to encapsulate what has happened at the conference today. We had amazing worship, amazing “instigators” who caused us to think deeply and seriously about ourselves and our roles in the church. So here is a short summary with...
We’ve just completed our first day of the Cruxifusion conference. After getting to know one another a little bit, we were “instigated” by Christine Jerrett to consider the importance of sacraments in our worship, in particular baptism, and what it...
As usual the national magazine for our denomination gets me… ummm… thinking. A recent edition contains an article about the post-theistic church. It describes churches that have been moving away from God language and music in favour of more contemporary...
As many of you know, I am the angelic/satanic/mad genius behind the Jesus 24/7 series published by The United Church of Canada. Jesus 24/7 was actually the outcome of my Doctor of Ministry program at Fuller Theological Seminary, in which I analyzed the tradition of...
Recently Kevin Flatt, professor at Redeemer University in Ancaster, ON, interviewed people involved with the renewal movement in the UCC. His research produced two articles which were shared in the December 2010 issue of Church and Faith Trends by the Evangelical...
Thinking about David Bruce and his love of the Ti-Cats – and I thought nothing good could come from Hamilton 😉 I have been thinking about whether it matters what we call ourselves…Even the term “Christian” is problematic for us – at least...
What is the good news of Jesus Christ? You may think this is a crazy question. Everyone knows the gospel, right? Or, at least, everyone who’s gone to Sunday school knows the drill—surely. Yet the gospel has fallen on hard times. A recent conference that drew more than...
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