humanity

If you need to call it ‘Christian’, it probably isn’t.

I’m not against labels. In a increasingly complex world we need systems and categories to organize life. But who exactly does the Christian prefix help? Does it help Christians make decisions to become more like Jesus? ‘Oh it’s Christian, then it must be okay’ Or does it cause them to outsource their own ability to [...]

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What if Christians were humans?

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What if we identified ourselves as human beings before all other affiliations? Before your passions, political leanings, theological bents, orientations, and lifestyle choices; even before something as seemingly central as Christ-follower; What if we embraced ourselves and one another as human first? Blatantly obvious?  Maybe, but then why are we  so poor at it?  The [...]

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Everything is broken

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I can’t recall where I was, but I had to take a photo of this art exhibit. It’s intriguing because it’s making art out of something broken. It demonstrates the truth that all of creation is broken. At the same time, it’s completely false in how everything is broken in the same places. Sometimes sweeping [...]

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Obviously Broken

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Along with beauty, brokenness isn’t spoken of much either. We’ll talk about it conceptually or in generalities, but the closer we get to specifics, the quicker we seem to want out of the conversation. People with physical disabilities have always struck a strange chord with me.  Their brokenness is so blatant and transparent for everyone [...]

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Vision over visibility

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Photo Credit: paolomargari Since my last post about U2′s song “moment of surrender”, there’s been a number of verses that provoke me, but the line “vision over visibility” has really stuck with me. Is there something that you see, that others can’t?  A vision, a reality of what could be, that others don’t seem to [...]

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Befriending our Gay Neighbours – Synchroblog

Photo by jk5854 Bridging the Gap invited me to do join their syncho-blog today as they’ve gathered over 60 Christ-followers, both gay and straight, to break open conversations on christianity and homosexuality. Wendy of New Direction writes a great introduction The culture wars surrounding the topic of homosexuality have sucked up tremendous resources, have left [...]

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Human garbage

Every now and then, from 2am-6am, I help distribute food and connect with homeless folks on the streets of Toronto. Just about every time there’s a conversation that goes like this: – Is that someone over there? – Nope, just a pile of garbage – No Wait, that’s actually a person. Or, in the words [...]

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Obama & The Emerging Church

I’f you’ve been living solitude the last day, check out Barack Obama’s major speech on race recently delivered (2 million views on youtube in less than 2 days!). Much of it is in response to his former pastor Jeremiah Wright’s outright racist comments, but it’s so much more. I suspect it’s stuff Obama’s been thinking [...]

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