“In the middle of the city, stands a tree, and it’s leaves are for the healing of the nations.” When I first came to Manor Road, our congregational logo was…
As I get older, I’m privy to all the humour around getting old. You’ve likely heard, the comment, “Of all the things that I have lost, it’s my mind I…
It is a pleasure to speak with you on this summer Sunday, where many of us that live in apartments are finally getting air conditioning, or we hear the ice…
She sees beneath the surface of things-- deeply intuitive, perceptive perhaps--but something is amiss. We might say she possesses or is possessed by an odd mix of gifted-ness and vulnerability.…
“Meanwhile, Saul, was still breathing out threats against the Lord’s disciples.” Meanwhile, Alek Minassian was still breathing out threats against the women of Toronto.…. It is as old as time,…
One of the things I love about the gospels is how human the disciples are. Here we find them in the midst of what must have been a distressing, heart-breaking…
The time has come to tell the story I’ve never told. I’ve been hesitant for many years and for a variety of my own reasons. It’s all began, by happenstance,…
Sufi Mystic Rumi once wrote, “Spring is Christ, raising martyred plants from their shrouds.’ Celtic theologian, John Phillip Newell adds, “This Spring force is the Resurrection force deep in the…
Jesus seizes the moment. The word has spread. Crowds are running to meet him. They come carrying palm branches & raising their voices in the glad shout: “Hosannah! ...
Sometimes when I ponder the events that lead up to the crucifixion of Jesus, I find my mind drawn to questions around how we define success. As I look at…
