We dig deeper into our study of postmodernism by looking at how Jean-François Lyotard and Michel Foucault have described it. They help us make sense of power, authority and narrative and how they relate to our cultural shift.
Read MoreCan we ever fully know truth? How do we know what we know? Jacques Derrida’s analysis of postmodernism helps us in figuring out how our world is changing when it comes to knowledge and truth.
Read MoreOur culture’s shift to postmodernism is at the centre of many changes we experience today. It’s not that we are simply changing what we think, we are changing the way we think. We aren’t just changing our beliefs, we are changing our concept of belief.
Read More2018 marks 60 years for Sterling as an incorporated church. As we gathered this summer to celebrate God’s faithfulness to us over these years, I heard a moving story from someone who was there even before the beginning
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 MoreThis past week, my friend and former colleague, Steve Heinrichs, was sentenced to 7 days in jail by the British Colombia Supreme Court for criminal and civil contempt of court. Why? Because he stood up for justice.
Read MoreOn June 16th, I had the privilege of participating in the 37th Annual Peace Walk. As much as we all like the idea of peace, it’s often hard to know where to begin. But the simplest and most powerful thing we can do is to show up.
Read MoreThis Sunday is Canada Day, and that’s always a mixed bag for me. How much should we celebrate while knowing that our past is dark, and realizing our call to give our allegiance to Jesus? I think we need to become a little more comfortable with patriotism and a little less comfortable with nationalism.
Read MoreOver the past month, we have heard countless stories of government action to take children away from the parents of illegal immigrants in the US. Although the US may have the legal right, today’s prophetic voices are making sure their leaders understand that such actions are morally wrong, oppressive and evil. Wherever there is power, we also need our prophets.
Read MoreThe gospel of Jesus Christ has been described in so many ways. But what if you were limited to seven words? Our church deacons did this exercise, and this is what we came up with. How would you describe the gospel in seven words?
Read MoreLast week we celebrated the baptism of two young people in our community. As Christians have done for thousands of years, we marked these commitments of faith with the waters of baptism, symbolizing new birth in Christ. But what does it mean to be born again?
Read MoreWhat do we do with some of the most difficult passages in scripture? What do we do when we don’t have the answers? What happens when it seems like the Bible contradicts itself?
Read MoreOne of the questions that Jessica and I get asked most often is how we knew, at age 21, that we were marrying the “right” person. Here are our answers about whether or not we believe we married the “one.”
Read MoreThis Sunday we celebrate Pentecost and the fulfilment of Jesus’ promise that the helper (Holy Spirit) will come for the church. But what does it actually mean to live by the Spirit? I asked some Mennonite pastors and leaders to help me try to answer that.
Read MoreOur culture is obsessed with consumerism, but is the church as well? What has consumerism done to our churches and our faith? Whatever the case, we should never use Jesus to try to sell or attempt to sell Jesus.
Read MoreI love following the world of media and marketing. But in the last few months I have been disturbed with a certain kind of morality marketing that has made we want to investigate further.
Read MoreLast week, one of my friends and faith leaders was arrested. It shocked many in our community, but for me, it gave me courage - courage to live out my faith and to push myself out of my comfort zone and follow the call of the Holy Spirit.
Read MoreI was visiting the refugee family that our church help sponsor as I realized that ever single appliance in their kitchen was new for them. I can't even imagine what life was like back in their refugee camp in Rwanda. Are my problems anything compared to what they have lived through?
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 MoreThe story of Jesus is not easy for us to believe. From the virgin womb to the empty tomb, there are so many things that seem more like a superhero movie than real history. So we are faced with a decision to make. In what are we going to put our trust?
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