Kristy-Anne Swart is a Calgary based photographer and friend. You can find her work at http://www.upandawaystudios.com or on instagram @kristyanneswart . Throughout our friendship, we've had amazing conversations about art, faith, motherhood, beauty and so one day we just decided to record our conversation. Here is a "slightly" polished version of that conversation. I took... Continue Reading →
Creating and Undoing: Of Good Books and the Moving Spirit
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 →
They Keep Coming
The Mothers by Kathe Kollwitz, 1919 Another shooting. At this point which one am I even talking about - all of them. Of people in their places of worship. They keep coming, these incidents. And every life taken is an entire world. There was a shooting at a synagogue in California, and here... Continue Reading →
Jesus of the Descending Theology
Here is my last prayer/poem for the season. It was a full few days of EASTER RESURRECTION PREACHING and then right off to Toronto for discussions on justice and the church which were full of lament and honesty and Jesus. And the exact right thing to be doing in Resurrection Time. Here is my Easter... Continue Reading →
Jesus of my Neighbourhood…and my distracted heart
This prayer is truly a lenten prayer from Karen Wilk, posted on Missio Alliance page here. It is repentant, longing to turn. It is honest, it is willing to respond. I am here for what Missio Alliance are putting out there so if you are interested you should check them out. ... Continue Reading →
Every Body: Thoughts On My Daughter Realizing She’s a Girl
"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 →
The Creator Knew; The Creator Always Knows
-Behind Bow Valley Ranch in Fish Creek Park- This was an article I wrote for the Christian Reformed Centre for Public Dialogue's Do Justice Blog (whew that's a mouthful 🙂 ) I wanted to share it now here, as we've just passed Indigenous People's Day and Canada Day here in Canada. In my circles and... Continue Reading →
The Exhaustion or Good Freaking God! or How I’m responding to the inter webs this week.
There is an exhaustion creeping over us who care. Do you feel it? I read the news, and then I read the comments and then I see the drivers and then I see hear the casual but in the end dehumanizing dismissals of those who think politically different than us. There is an... Continue Reading →
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