When I was in seminary at Knox College, I did a history course one time called Modernism and Fundamentalism. It was about movements in Christianity, in particular in the early…

  Several years ago, I frequently went to internet site called Sarahlaughed.net and read the lectionary musings of Sarah Dylan Breuer an Anglican Laywoman who had a Master of Philosophy…

I have in my library, a book that is very dear to me and treasured. It was written over twenty years ago by Father William J. Bausch who is now…

I have been accused that my sermons sometimes are too much about love. And it is probably a fair accusation. It is what I think God is all about, and…

Listening is not easy. To really listen to another person is a lot of hard work. Most of the time when we are in a conversation with a person we…

The Moderator-Elect of the Presbyterian Church in Canada was announced on April 1st, 2021. There is a nationwide ballot preceding the announcement of the winner. All the members of the…

Philip Yancey opens up his book, “What’s so amazing about grace?” with this story he heard from a friend who works with the down and out in Chicago. A prostitute…

In high school I had to study Shakespeare. I studied, Henry IV part one, Romeo and Juliet, and Macbeth. Watching a Shakespearian play is a very different experience than watching…

In 1979 I started Knox College to do a Masters of Divinity and start my path into ministry in the Presbyterian Church in Canada. Moving to Toronto was quite a…

Frederick Buechner tells an old near-eastern fable about of a motherless tiger cub who was found by a herd of goats and adopted by them. He grew up thinking he…