This Incarnate Faith
Once, when I was a grad student, living in Vancouver off of a part-time starbucks barista wage, I did not have money for christmas presents. So I decided to do what I love to do, have always loved to do, and do almost every day to this day which is, to tell people about books... Continue Reading →
My Grandmother's funeral was last week. All of her children plus all her grandchildren were there. And we celebrated her whole life. Her kids knew her most and most benefitted from her calmness and kindness. And we grandchildren benefit too from a legacy of life-giving, not life-diminishing. She was loving and beautiful and I felt... Continue Reading →
This is a prayer that comes after the Act of Re-Membering workshop some of us participated in this past week. In it we heard stories and we embodied stories of real Canadians from history, and from today-often in their own documented words. That we, every single people group, are capable of prejudice and of... Continue Reading →
"If there is to be any redemption, this earth and no other, this body and no other, must have the capacity to take God's grace into itself." Hans Urs Von Balthazar in Against the Gnostic Heresies So I have a friend who owns a company that sells blankets. These blankets are handmade by women who have... Continue Reading →
In light of Eugene Peterson's passing last week, I wanted to share the notes I took from a weekend spent with him talking about the formation of people on this faith road and specifically the place of spiritual direction in this journey. 6 years ago, I took a bus to Montana, stayed with a bunch... Continue Reading →
---This is a blog post by Rob Bonk (yes, THAT Rob Bonk...my dad) that he posted on the Ubuntu trip's blogsite. He just went to Malawi in July with a team of The Road Church members to witness and participate in the work of the "Church in Community" program that World Renew supports there. While there... Continue Reading →
So I worry. About all sorts of things. I’m pretty sure it’s the reason why animals in my house turn out a bit funky—they live in a soup of my worry pheromones…poor things. Since my mom passed away, I’ve noticed more about how anxiety sits in me, how my body holds it. When its really... Continue Reading →
--An Excerpt from my sermon on Sunday-- "Theology determine anthropology which determines policy. This sentence means that what we believe to be true about God will determine how we view humans - ourselves and others - and that will determine the ways we choose to live with each other. If we believe God does not... Continue Reading →
I read this book at 20 and it changed me. As you read this quote, you might recognize your own situation. For L'Engle it was the highly cerebral German theologians who answered everything that left no room for her. For me (and many in our culture), it was evangelical "just try harder-pull yourself by... Continue Reading →
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