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The Logos is Nonsense

In the beginning, was the logos and the logos was with God and the Logos was God.... begins a very familiar verse from John's Gospel. Lots has been done with the word logos and like many words, it has evolved over time.

Finding Community along the Beautiful Way

For at least the last decade many have been sensing a new reformation taking shape. It started to be a fairly broad critique of what manifests as institutional forms of church and the nature of its structures. Much has been written on this issue and we have seem a steady exodus from western institutional forms of church regardless of stripe.

Their loved one was palliative with only a couple days to live. Everything medical that could be done had been done and her cancer ravaged body was plain worn out. The goals of care were to keep her comfortable. Her husband vacillated from ‘this is Gods will’, “fighting the enemy to the end” and “staying…

As I often write and my friends and clients are all too familiar, I am a huge fan of becoming, journey type of language. The key here is we don’t ever arrive and each present moment opens to a new present moment, hopefully with each adding a little more light, a little more understanding of…

[August 6, 2019] The test results got flagged. In short order, she was in another city for hi-res diagnostic imaging. The radiologist enters the consulting room. You could tell the news wasn't good, especially when it starts with "I'm so sorry..." Within a week she was scheduled for a biopsy of the bigger tumour and…

Kissed by The Rose’s – Interview: Michael and Andrea Rose

Michael is back from an amazing gathering in Texas. This gathering saw folks from all over the United States gather to explore the God-who-loves in practical and soul-inspiring ways. While there, Andrea and Michael sat down with Steve and Bryon from Bros. in a Basement Podcast. Have a listen: Listen to "Episode 62 - Kissed…

I wish I could hate them. In ways, it would be so much easier. Their violence, racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, xenophobia, greed, exploitation of the poor, the anything-to-win-politics and indiscriminate, consumption of the planet and each other. I hate the scapegoating, half-truths, spins ... all the bullshit. I hate the value of winning at all…

The word love has certainly changed over the years. The subtle change has resulted in love moving from an active verb to a possessive noun. Perhaps part of the issue is that in English, we have the one word for love - love. We often add adjectives to describe a particular quality of love but…

“Each breath, a stepping-stone to God” Here is a lovely contemplative prayer exercise from Margaret Silf’s book The Inner Compass. Margaret is a delightful writer, a lovely soul, and companion for the journey. I invite you to get comfortable, take a couple of deep cleansing breaths, and let your feeling paint a picture for prayer for…

All Grief Is Experienced at 100% Remembering that grief is the normal and natural response to a loss of any kind and that no two people experience loss the same way - All grief is experienced at 100%. This doesn’t mean that all grief is experienced at the same level of emotional intensity. We experience…

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The Logos is Nonsense

Finding Community along the Beautiful Way

What is Spiritual Bypassing?

An obstacle to Deeper Living

An Open Heart even when it’s Breaking

Kissed by The Rose’s – Interview: Michael and Andrea Rose

I wish I could hate them.

Facets of Divine Love

Stepping Stones – A Soulful Exercise

When we Experience Grief