Mike: If you joined us last week, you would have read about the first five albums in our Consummate Cockburn Collection. This week we bring you albums six to ten. I am again joined by my good friend Peter Heath. Peter: It is challenging to capture Bruce Cockburn and his work in a couple ofContinue reading “The Consummate Cockburn Collection – Part Two”
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The Consummate Cockburn Collection – Part One
For those who don’t know Bruce Cockburn, he is a Canadian folk / folk-rock singer / songwriter / political activist, who between the years of 1970 and 2019 has released 36 albums. There were a couple of things that first attracted me to him. He was someone who said he was a follower of Jesus,Continue reading “The Consummate Cockburn Collection – Part One”
Who Inspires You?
Recently on Facebook quite a few friends have been posting a series of musical Albums that have either influenced their taste in music or have been significant to them. I declined to participate, although someday I may post a listing of my favourite ten Bruce Cockburn albums. There are after all 36 to chose from!Continue reading “Who Inspires You?”
CoVid-19 and the future of Church
Update: I have added another post from Brian Zahnd that Scott Lencke refers to in the comments. There have been a few interesting posts circulating in the ether over the past week. First up to the plate was Carey Nieuwhof last Monday with his astonishing post that nearly half of American churches were experiencingContinue reading “CoVid-19 and the future of Church”
A Jesus Shaped Spirituality for such a time as This
Welcome to my new time slot! I am grateful to Chaplain Mike as it is much easier for me to write on Sunday night for a post on Monday. It gives me time to ruminate about my post throughout the weekend and allows me to better divide my work and personal life (Internet Monk fallsContinue reading “A Jesus Shaped Spirituality for such a time as This”
Hope in the Midst of Despair
This has been a season of grief. On Friday I wrote about many of the reasons why I as grieving related to the pandemic that is sweeping the world. Today (Sunday) I grieve as I remember that 10 years have passed since Michael Spencer was taken from us way too early. This coming Friday manyContinue reading “Hope in the Midst of Despair”
A Season for Lament
What a day. I grieved to hear an Ontario grocery store worker mourn her soulmate, only 49, who worked his last day at Superstore on March 16, just a week and a half ago! Now he’s dead. For stocking groceries. We owe our grocery store workers SO MUCH! I ache for the fear of theContinue reading “A Season for Lament”
My Strategies for Coping with Anxiety
I have been dealing with anxiety for a year now. Looking back, I had been dealing with anxious thinking long before that, but failed to recognize it. It was one of the reasons why I had to leave my previous church. You would think that these times we were in would cause a flare up,Continue reading “My Strategies for Coping with Anxiety”
COVID-19 – Sharing Good News
The message of God to the world comes not through natural phenomena like coronavirus but through the good news proclaimed by and embodied in a people who bear his name. “War, plague, and famine” are not severe words from God. They are groans of a broken creation into which God sends his word of faith,Continue reading “COVID-19 – Sharing Good News”
A COVID-19 update: Why schools are being closed, and large events cancelled
A lot has changed in the five weeks since I first wrote about the Corona Virus. With all the uncertainty swirling, and things rapidly changing I thought I would offer an update. One that at least offers a ray of hope. Most of this post will be about explaining the graph above, which I thinkContinue reading “A COVID-19 update: Why schools are being closed, and large events cancelled”
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