I'm always interested to see what (if any) words or ideas from the Sunday readings stick with me as I head into the week. This week it's been the idea of perfection, which Sunday's Epistle reading told us was the connection between power and weakness: perfect power is found in weakness. Maybe it's because I … Continue reading Imperfectionism
There are times when following a lectionary creates some interesting parallels or juxtapositions to what is happening in the world. Today is one of those days; for today is July 4, the national holiday the United States of America, the most powerful country the world has ever seen. Even in this time when many Americans … Continue reading Power Made Perfect: A Reflection on 2 Corinthians 12.2-10
Today is Canada Day; although, caught as it is in the midst of a national reckoning incited by the discovery of mass graves on the sites of former Residential Schools, it doesn't really feel like it. I know I'm not alone in sensing the weirdness of this day of national celebration occurring in the middle … Continue reading Setting our Stories Straight: Doing Theology in Canada
If there is a single theme that unites the Western imagination today, even within the severe political polarization, it is the idea of progress — that tomorrow will be better than today, that the future is bright, as long as we set our minds to it. What that future will look like, of course, varies … Continue reading Setting Our Stories Straight: The Myth of Progress
Canada's moment of national reckoning has continued this week, with the uncovering of yet another mass grave on the site of an old Residential School, this time in Saskatchewan. This is no surprise — anyone who has been paying attention has known these graveyards existed; far too many children disappeared from the schools for it … Continue reading Out of the Depths: A Reflection on Psalm 130
Matthew Root 