Perhaps no part of the Christian story has been “Disney-fied” more than the Twelve Days of Christmas, ending in Epiphany. (January 6th) Epiphany is a Christian feast day which commemorates the visit of the Magi to the Christ child.* As
“When prayer becomes an encounter with the living God, it becomes unpredictable.” – Robert Marsh No matter how my mildly autistic son might try, he can’t quite put himself into another person’s shoes. He’s very good at telling you how you
“Prayer is not so much an activity so much as it is a way of life.” Margaret Blackie The Examen is not meant to be merely a prayer practice; it’s a way of being in the world and with God.
This quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald always makes me think: “The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” How would you say your nation is currently passing
Banner Photo Credit: Ruth Smith Photography This article is the 2nd is a series and was postponed due to the Covid Pandemic tightening its global grip. However, in light of the world’s eye turning to matters of race and injustice,
From the beginning of time, chaos has not been feared by God, but is rather the element from which the Spirit created… and still does. As never before, we are in the midst of a pandemic of uncertainty, a shared
Photo Credit: Lia Filles It was an accident… an unexpected stumbling into a modern-day New Testament church. Sort of. It was actually a converted warehouse in a dodgy Cape Town suburb. I was attending a workshop on Christian nonviolent activism
Burn-out. Crossroads. Identity crisis. Break down. Wilderness season. Mid-life crisis. Back-sliding. We’ve all got different names for spiritual crisis. Some have less bite (and possibly less honesty) than others. Spiritual crisis is hard, but it can be good news! The
If you were to step into a fish tank, who would be the last to know he was in water? The fish? Or you? The answer: The fish. Because the fish has lived the entirety of its life submerged, it
When my brother was three, he wanted to be a boa constrictor. As an adult, he settled on becoming a doctor. At my son’s kindergarten graduation, the kids announced their future, grown-up careers: “Marine biologist.” “Architect.” Three kids in a
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