The Lord’s Prayer is not simply a pattern of prayer or a recommendation of prayer. Somehow, the Lord’s Prayer is the DNA of the church. This prayer must be both lived and prayed...
read moreIt can be very tempting to divide the church into two categories: clergy and laity. However, this is a false dichotomy that can impede our presence in our neighbourhoods. Rather...
read moreBecause so much of our Christian expression is around ideas, Christianity can seem to be for adults. Whereas, we focus on morals for kids. But Jesus and Scripture elevates the p...
read moreUsually when we hear the word “proclaiming” we picture a preacher shouting over the heads of crowds and we think, I’ll leave that to the professionals! However, such a picture i...
read moreOne of the most important practices Christians must engage in is reconciliation. However, this practice is not meant to be reserved for the church only. We display God’s reconci...
read moreCommunion is such an “in church” experience that it can be hard to imagine how it could be an exilic practice for us as Christians. Yet Christians are meant to gather around tab...
read moreFamilies have been the backbone of human history. It has been by having children that we’ve carried on and have had a future. However, in the kingdom of God, the natural family ...
read moreOur work, at its heart, is invitational. And, as Jesus reminds his opponents, the kingdom is coming to those who have typically been excluded from entry. While this grace refuse...
read moreWhen we do our work of kingdom witness to our neighbours we have an enemy that is working to disrupt that work. Belief in the devil is at an all time low, but there is a kingdom...
read moreIn this scene we have the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit all acting and moving. This is the moment of Jesus’s baptism and the preparation for his ministry. He receives his...
read moreWhen the moment of God’s rescue arrives it is never just a rescue from our dire circumstance. No matter what our situation is, when God moves he moves to change us. The metaphor...
read moreCertain details seem very familiar: Joseph, a dream, and salvation, but other parts are strangely different: a pregnant virgin and a human saviour who is “God with us.” Sometime...
read moreNot everyone is called to be married or to raise a family but for those who are the proverbs describe what good character we should look for in a spouse. It moves beyond physica...
read moreDeveloping relationship is important because we are made to relate to others. However, with whom are we going to spend our time? This is especially important as we think about o...
read moreWhat is important in this life? What can provide us with real security? The world wants us to believe that wealth is the answer to these questions but our teacher knows that wea...
read moreSelf-control is always a good virtue to practice but it becomes even more important depending on the company that we keep. How we behave in the public sphere impacts the way peo...
read moreSo many lives in our culture are weighed down with debt; some debt is necessary but often it can be a result of living beyond our means. As people who are called to seek our Fat...
read more“Why not suffer wrong? Why not be defrauded?” These are words that cut right across our hearts and instantly our minds cry out “never!” Losing is for the weak. What could posses...
read moreWe all run the risk of shifting in our thinking and living from claiming the grace of God for our inclusion into the kingdom to thinking we’re in and stay in because we are mora...
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