Psalm 51 has become a powerful tool of confession for individuals and communities. It’s the prayer we need to be praying today, after hearing news that the remains of 215 children were found at an Indian Residential School in Kamloops, B.C.
Read MoreCBC’s Kim’s Convenience has become one of my favourite TV shows. In the most recent episode I watched, I was blown away with the dialogue that Umma and Appa have about prayer. I never expected a CBC show to include such a good reminder of what prayer is and how God longs to be in relationship with us.
Read MoreHow do we go about naming our losses? How do we commemorate the one year anniversary of this pandemic? What do we do when we don’t have good answers to all the “Why” questions?
Read MoreAs much as I want to say “Happy New Year,” entering 2021 doesn’t mean the darkness we’ve witnessed in 2020 is over with. There’s some serious work left for us to do as we enter this new year, especially as the church. And so I offer this prayer for 2021.
Read MoreThe Psalms are people's own prayers, poems, and songs that express thankfulness, praise, sorrow, pain, or lament before God. If I were to write my own Psalm today, this is how it would go.
Read MoreI’ve never experienced an international pandemic like the COVID-19 virus. Although this is a difficult time, I hope that this experience will bring us closer in touch with our humanity and deeper into our reliance on God for life. For that reason, I offer this prayer for our world.
Read MoreHappy New Year! You may be full of hope for new beginnings or dreading the change that’s about to come. Either way, I pray that we grow deeper in our trust of God. Prayer is the best tool we have to do this.
Read MoreAs Christians, we are waiting for the kingdom of God to come in full while already living fully in it’s inauguration through Jesus. To that end, I offer this Advent prayer.
Read MoreMonday came and went in Canada, and with it, a change in the configuration of our federal government. No matter how we feel about it, the one thing we can all do is to pray for our leaders and this country.
Read MoreWe do well to remember, even as pacifists, when we frame our remembrance not in a way that glorifies war, but as a prayer for peace. As we confess and lament, we look to God to transform us into people of peace.
Read MoreDo you ever wonder how prayer works or why we should pray? Do you ever ask yourself if God actually hears us or if He even cares what we’re praying about? In the last few years, no book of the Bible has become more important in my prayer life than the Psalms.
Read MoreLife is full of the unexplainable and the undesirable. Sometimes tragedies happen in life without any good explanation and we are left confused in our grief. It's in these times that we are invited into the practice of lament.
Read MoreI was in Germany, working at a Bible School when I started feeling angry at God. I wondered why I felt empty and down all the time. I was giving up six months of my life to learn more about God but I felt terrible. Where was my reward for doing this work? I didn’t know what else to do. So I decided to take a walk.
Read MoreAs we move into 2018, I know that the same God who brought us through 2017 longs to draw us closer to Himself and deeper into His love. And so I offer this prayer as we get ready to take on another year, full of excitement, faith, hopefulness, but maybe also some hesitation and fear. May God be your light in 2018.
Read MoreThis weekend, our national church is meeting do discern the future direction we will go. It's pretty daunting. And as much as I love being a part of these gatherings, the only thing I know how to do is pray. I offer this prayer for our church.
Read MoreKids have a unique way of caring for and teaching us. What we do with our children in church is not simply to teach them how to participate in our services when they get older. They have the ability to be active participants in our community practices right now. The question is, have we created that space for them?
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