Last week, as we turned the page to a new liturgical year to the start of Advent, we saw how apocalyptic — that is, revelatory, unmasking — times, require apocalyptic measures: not just hope, peace, joy, and love, but apocalyptic — that is, unlikely, tenacious, creative — hope, peace, joy, and love. Today, as we … Continue reading Apocalyptic Peace: A Reflection for the Second Week of Advent 2025
Earlier this Fall, there was about a two-day period when the media was obsessed over a ‘rapture’ prediction by some Christian Fundamentalists that had gone viral on social media. Naturally, these predictions came to nothing. I say ‘naturally’, not only because is the idea of the rapture a pretty new idea with a very weak … Continue reading Apocalyptic Hope: A Reflection for the First Week of Advent 2025
[Note: This post was prematurely posted on Friday, November 21, instead of Sunday, November 23 as intended. Oopsie daisy.] Today marks the last Sunday of the liturgical year in Western Christianity. As such, it is the commemoration known as Christ the King, or Reign of Christ Sunday. It’s a commemoration that a good many people … Continue reading A King on a Cross: A Reflection for Reign of Christ 2025
It seems that we int he West are in a period of structural dissolution. We have a political and social Right that is tearing down the establishment, a Centre trying to prop it up, and Left that has big ideas but which is increasingly marginalized from the conversation. This makes it an anxious time. And … Continue reading Stone from Stone: A Reflection on Luke 21.5-19
Over the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at some of the basics of Buddhist teaching as a kind of mirror to help us better understand our own Christian faith. Today’s final post will explore one final Buddhist concept, the bodhisattva, which I think will provide a perfect summary for the series as a whole. … Continue reading For the Life of the World: Bodhisattvas and the Incarnation
