Mother’s Day makes me think about God’s maternal side. Christianity has been guilty of a patriarchal history that has been oppressive of women. Our conception of God as masculine,…
A couple of years ago I came across this beautiful prayer written by Deborah Hirt, Intern at Franciscans International. It is no longer posted on their website but I think…
Last week I received a link to an article from my friend Steve Goode reminding me: In India, China and many other parts of the world today, girls are killed, aborted…
This video brought tears to my eyes when I came across it a couple of years ago. Practicing resurrection, redemption, renewal indeed. It is amazing to think that rape and violence…
I wrote this post today for the series Return to Our Senses in Lent in honour of International Women’s Day tomorrow. Part of my scripture reading for the morning was Roman’s…
Tomorrow is American Thanksgiving, a tradition that I have embraced with great enthusiasm since I have lived in the U.S. I have already posted a Thanksgiving – Harvest prayer for…
This morning’s scriptures included one of my favourite gospel stories as recored in Mark 5:21-43. It is the story of Jesus being asked by Jairus, one of the leaders of…
I am getting ready to speak at the West Coast Healthcare Missions Conference this next week and have been updating some of my statistics and presentations. As usual this kind…
Jimmy Carter, president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 has just left the Southern Baptist Convention because of their discrimination against women. I have always admired him for…
International Women’s Day may be over but I keep coming across stories that I want to share about women whose lives have made a difference particularly to those who live…
