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Broken II – Captive

Why have you brought me here? Have I not been mocked enough? I’ve seen the way they look at me Must they judge me here for all eternity? I’ve already served my time on earth. I’ve been your living example of what not to do a perpetrator, a deceiver, a subhuman creature giving in to [...]

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Broken I – Repulsive

Think of the most violent, horrific, and inhumane act you can imagine. I can’t quite say the words, but you know the ones. I’ve done them. Repeatedly. People look at me in disgust. But it’s really love in excess, maybe misdirected. What can I do, when my love comes out the wrong way? When it’s [...]

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Tony Campolo on “loving the sinner’

New Direction ministries of Canada recently produced a dvd series called Bridging the Gap: Befriending our gay neighbours. Here’s an interview clip of Tony Campolo sharing a story about a woman’s homosexual son

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Hoping for the death of your child…

A heart-wrenching story coming out of Toronto. (See the Toronto Star article) Two babies are in intensive care, one that will only survive if given a new heart;  another with a strong heart, but no chance of survival. The latter child, Kaylee, was taken off life support, so that her heart could be donated to [...]

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Unhinged…

In addition to the current content on this blog, I’m hoping to introduce random reflections of people I know, as well as pastoral letters to people in my community. They’re my words, but not exactly my life situation (Though I do believe in a common human experience we’re all connected by anyways). For me it’s [...]

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Canadian politics…

Some Canadian politics for once… Toronto Life had a segment on Cheri DiNovo of our new democratic party. I love her story. She was a street kid dealing drugs by smuggling LSD in hollowed out Bibles.  She ended up becoming a mother of two and a Mercedes-driving CEO.  Her husband was killed in a motorcycle [...]

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Watch this…

Find yourself 30 minutes to sit down and do nothing else but watch this. Smith Family Story from Matthew Singleton on Vimeo. You can read their blog here after you’re done.

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‘old school’ preachin’

I’ve written a number of posts on my concerns and issues with preaching, but I’ve got to admit there are a some pluses to ‘old school’ preaching… The community has the opportunity to live an ongoing narrative through a certain person. The story always picks up where it left off, and as long as the [...]

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