Category: missional church

  • Diaspora’s First Easter Together

    Diaspora’s First Easter Together

    [a post from April 2015] We had a great opportunity early Easter Sunday to attend a sunrise service at the historic church at Doon Heritage Village in Kitchener ON. It was early but Diaspora, except Rick who celebrated in Peru, was all in attendance. We arrived before the sun rose on a cloudy sad morning […]

  • Theology of Prayer

    My spiritual director once challenged me to think about my theology of prayer. What was the deal with prayer and God to me? So, I thought and prayed. Seemed the place to start.  I came up with three things that explain my understanding of prayer. First, anyone can pray. It doesn’t take special words, a […]

  • Presence

    [a post from October 2014] We think what we have to offer is words. Encouraging words, instructive words, corrective words. But most often the last thing people are looking for is words. No one likes to be told. Sometimes we need to be told. But the thing we always need is someone to be here with […]