Invitations for Conversation & Reflection
I am privileged to call Eden, and her husband Brad, friends and have spent many rich hours in conversation with them in their home in Abbotsford. Eden’s understanding of the church as a place of welcome, as a place where you can always add another leaf to the table of fellowship is striking.
Read MoreThe Rector's Cupboard looks at why Christian expression has been so often marked with fear and judgment instead of hope and welcome. What might it mean to seek a more hopeful faith and life?
In this episode The Rector’s Cupboard David talks about the ongoing crisis in Israel/Gaza and about the nature of righteousness, rightness, and evil.
Read MoreI am pleased to be joined by Pastor Donald Sjoberg for this on-going series of conversations on the Ekklesia. Bishop Sjoberg was born in 1930 on a farm near Clanwilliam, Manitoba. His early life was shaped by the Swedish immigrant community and Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Erickson, Manitoba. He studied at Luther College in Regina and at the University of Saskatoon where he was a part of the Lutheran Student Movement. For a decade and a half, he served as National Bishop for the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Canada, retiring from that position in 1993.
Read MoreThe Canadian philosopher George Grant talked of the “love of one’s own being the ground on which we stand to love the other.” What is this ground in Canada? Where is it to be found?
Read MoreA young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
Read MorePhysician assistance in dying has become a part of Canada’s medical system. Its application is being expanded. What has the last several years of this practice taught us?
Read MoreDavid speaks about his enduring friendships with Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh faithful and what might be drawn from his experience by those in involved in Multifaith Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care.
Read MoreOur philosophical traditions have given lots of attention to the theme of death. What if we turn this around at consider the place of birth-giving in all its forms in society and culture?
Read MoreA young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
Read MoreDavid speaks about his enduring friendships with Hindu, Buddhist and Sikh faithful and what might be drawn from his experience by those in involved in Multifaith Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care.
Read MoreOur philosophical traditions have given lots of attention to the theme of death. What if we turn this around at consider the place of birth-giving in all its forms in society and culture?
Read MoreCome join me and your thoughtful neighbors in January 2024 to talk about what the conflict between Israel and Palestine can teach us, and the Doctrine of Discovery, Colonialism & Indigeneity. See time and locations below.
Read MoreCome join me and your thoughtful neighbors between January and April 2024 to talk about what the conflict between Israel and Palestine can teach us, the place of birth in our society, MAID, the ground of Canadian culture, and the Doctrine of Discovery, Colonialism & Indigeneity. See time and locations below.
Read MoreThe Christmas season is upon us. A time perhaps of renewed attentiveness to others; a family gathering; for others, a time of loneliness and struggle. What do we make of it? Is Christmas a family feast, a gift giving potlatch? Join me to think together on the Christmas season.
Read MoreCome join me and your thoughtful neighbors this fall at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association or The Central Lions Senior Centre to talk about the place of Christmas in our religious, civil, and secular lives, what we can learn from our feline house friends and why we treasure the art of thinking, the “Doctrine of Discovery” and what we are to make of the Pope's most recent commitment to healing and reconciliation with the country's Indigenous people, and the thousand year tradition the liturgy of coronation of King Charles the III and it's significance in light of the global move toward republicanism. See places, dates and time below. I look forward to thinking with you.
Read MoreOn the 5th of May, 2014, I gave the Convocation Address for the Vancouver School of Theology, held at Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver. For the ancients’ baptism was the hallmark of the Christian faith. And, what does it tell us both about our being as bearers of the divine image and about our vocation in service to the life of the world?
Read MoreCome join me and your thoughtful neighbors this fall at either South East Edmonton Seniors Association or The Central Lions Senior Centre to talk about the place of Christmas in our religious, civil, and secular lives, what we can learn from our feline house friends and why we treasure the art of thinking, the “Doctrine of Discovery” and what we are to make of the Pope's most recent commitment to healing and reconciliation with the country's Indigenous people, and the thousand year tradition the liturgy of coronation of King Charles the III and it's significance in light of the global move toward republicanism. See places, dates and time below. I look forward to thinking with you.
Read MoreA young friend of mine has his own YouTube broadcast called “The Deep Voice Show.” His voice is deep and “deep voice” is his nom de plume. His interests are wide ranging from gardening and growing mushrooms to aspects of mental and spiritual illness, from mythic images in popular culture to theological quandaries…
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