One of the ideas that I’ve found most revolutionary, helpful — and troubling over the past decade of my exploring different ideas is the idea of the psychological Shadow. Coming originally from Carl Jung’s reflections on human psychology, the shadow is all about the parts of us we’d prefer to ignore. As I’ve previously summarized … Continue reading The Christian Shadow: Introduction
There's no new Epiphany reflection from me this year, but here are some of my previous posts: Theme of Light God’s Shining Forth: A Reflection on Epiphany and Genesis 1.1-5 (2024) It Only Takes a Spark: A Reflection for Epiphany 2023 Arise! Shine! : A Reflection for Epiphany 2021 Theme of the Magi Wise Men … Continue reading Resources for Epiphany / Theophany
This past Summer in our study of Genesis 1-11, we saw how the Old Testament contains several different creation stories (Comparison of Creation Texts). The best-known stories, of God’s speaking the universe into existence over six days in Genesis 1 and the story of the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3, appear to be relatively … Continue reading A New Creation Story: A Reflection on John 1.1-18
As I’ve started 2025, I’ve been thinking a lot about how important it is to lean into and celebrate the things that bring us joy, encouragement, and nourishment of soul and body. And so I thought I’d do a quick wrap up of the things that are lighting me up and lighting the way for … Continue reading What’s Lighting Me Up (January 4, 2025)
An annual ‘best of’ my reading year post has become a tradition here since 2017. Where 2023 was an absolute banner year for my reading life — by the second week of January, I’d already read two books I knew were not just going to be best-of-the-year picks, but new all-time favourites — 2024 was … Continue reading Top 15 Reads of 2024
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