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What does Love see? An Ode to failure

Posted on August 1, 2018August 1, 2018 by Michael Rose

A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single person contemplates it, bearing the image of a cathedral within. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery Ode to failure: a life that hasn’t turned out the way one had hoped. If we genuinely believe that nothing is wasted, that God is the ultimate…

Love is… Indiscriminate

Posted on July 17, 2017January 23, 2018 by Michael Rose

Consider a rose. Can a rose choose who it will share its breath-taking beauty with? Can it withhold its captivating fragrance from bad people and share liberally with good people? The sun shines, and the rain falls on the saints and the sinners alike. Authentic love does not discriminate, like the beauty and fragrance of…

Who Mourns the Sparrow?

Posted on May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 by Michael Rose

Who will mourn the Sparrow? After all, what’s a sparrows life worth? How could we measure? Two for a penny? Four on sale? With no fanfare, no prayers, no eulogy No acknowledgement they ever lived Two for a penny? Four on sale? Surely it doesn’t escape its creators gaze Assuredly ascending in Her tender care…

The Humility Substitute

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Michael Rose

We sat across the table from each other, sipping our coffee. He wasted no time. “Mike, the first time we met I would have told you I had perfect doctrine. I wouldn’t have said it that way, but the truth is I thought my doctrine was perfect. For the past 47 years, I have been…

The Radical Middle. Healthy Faith in a World of Extremes

Posted on November 22, 2016October 25, 2019 by Michael Rose

Driving the backroads of rural Alberta can be an adventure into some of the most lovely country in the world. There is a unique beauty of the Alberta prairie. Driving the gravel roads can be a bit of a trick as different stretches of the road can be different than others – washboards, deeply rutted,…

The Welcome of God

Posted on May 31, 2016September 2, 2016 by Michael Rose

Can you think of a time when you were made to feel really welcome? Where the host(s) went out of their way to ensure that you felt comfortable and well served? What did that look like? How did that make you feel? What difference did this make for you? How about in a situation where…

Square Peg in a Round Hole World

Posted on April 19, 2016November 23, 2022 by Michael Rose

David Hayward, aka as the Naked Pastor posted a cartoon recently (see above). This cartoon spoke to me, and I am beginning to understand why I resonate with it, and it is for deeply personal reasons. Confession time. I feel like a square peg, and I have all my life. For most of my…

Loving Others Provides Gifts for the Giver

Posted on October 21, 2015June 23, 2016 by Michael Rose

Love continues to be the foundation of the work I do with IamSignificant.ca and as a spiritual director. Much more potent than a Sunday school sentiment for Children, becoming love is the very essence of the Kingdom of God. I am totally convinced that love changes everything. It is the single biggest longing in the…

My God, my God why have you forsaken me?

Posted on March 30, 2015June 23, 2016 by Michael Rose

I have been reflecting the Gospel accounts of our Lord hanging on the Roman tree, and I am gripped by the sheer terror of the event. As Jesus hung there in great anguish, He cried out “Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?” (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?) (Mt.27:46) For a long time, I…

The difference between Coaching and Spiritual Direction?

Posted on October 17, 2014September 29, 2018 by Michael Rose

What an excellent question and while volumes have been written on Spiritual Direction and life coaching, it is important to understand the two are not the same thing as if Coaching is a more contemporary term for Spiritual Direction. Coaching Christian Life Coaching can be an incredible tool in real life of everyday people, but…

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What does Love see? An Ode to failure

Love is… Indiscriminate

Who Mourns the Sparrow?

The Humility Substitute

The Radical Middle. Healthy Faith in a World of Extremes

The Welcome of God

Square Peg in a Round Hole World

Loving Others Provides Gifts for the Giver

My God, my God why have you forsaken me?

The difference between Coaching and Spiritual Direction?

What We Were Never Meant to Wash Away

What Love Does With What Is Broken

The Coals Ain't Cold

When the Cosmos Becomes Aware

You Were Never Outside