Oswald Chambers wrote something that I always keep before me: “Beware of being obsessed with consistency to your own convictions instead of being devoted to God… There was never a more inconsistent being on this earth than our Lord, but he was never inconsistent with his Father… It is easier to be an excessive fanatic than it is to be consistently faithful, because God causes an amazing humbling of our religious conceit when we are faithful to him.” I write... Read more

“You are called, prayerfully, to discern where in your discipline the human project is showing signs of exile and humbly and boldy to act symbolically in ways that declare that the powers have been defeated, that the kingdom has come in Jesus the Jewish Messiah, that the new way of being human has been unveiled, and to be prepared to tell the story that explains what these symbols are all about” (Wright, The Challenge of Jesus, p. 187) <br /></p> Read more

Years ago at the Clinical Pastoral Education course that I took, another student who was extremely frustrated with me yelled out at me in front of the whole class, “David, you are an enigma!” At the time, I wasn’t sure how to take it. He intended it as an expression of his frustration with me, and so I took it as an intended insult. However, when I thought about it further, I decided to take it as a compliment. “Enigma:... Read more

Tomorrow, Monday, I’m driving at least 15 hours from Toronto to Saint John, so I don’t think I will have any time to post a blog. My parents’ 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated Saturday, so I thought I’d include a pic of all the “cousins” of our little clan. Yes, I was born the day after their wedding… plus a year 8) I’ll be back in form on Tuesday. God’s speed! Read more