On the eve of a very special day for me.
This is another one of those ‘catch up’ posts. I love winter, but even I’m getting tired of this Edmonton winter. It feels as if we’ve had snow and cold for months on end with very little relief...
View ArticleJust one question for the Tory leadership candidates
Tomorrow night Alberta will have a new premier. Either Doug Horner, Alison Redford, or Gary Mar will win the second ballot in the Progressive Conservative leadership race tomorrow and, since Alberta is...
View ArticleEdmonton Ecumenical Peace Network
I belong to a growing network of Christians in Edmonton who believe that war and violence are incompatible with the teaching of Jesus. Together we’re trying to learn how to practice and spread this...
View ArticleGood Works Fair and Trunk or Treat Party
Sunday October 30th was another red letter day for us at St. Margaret’s! At both our services this morning we had a ‘Good Works Fair’. We had representatives from four mission agencies in Edmonton –...
View ArticleRemembrance Day Prayer Service and Prayer Walk for Peace
(Photo courtesy of growmercy.org) On November 11, 2011, some of Edmonton’s local churches and individual Christians will gather to remember, reflect and pray for all victims of war and for peace in...
View ArticleSome of the things I love about our church…
…St. Margaret’s, I mean! In no particular order: Sundays are fun! Contrary to what I hear from some other churches, we don’t seem to need to run alternative ‘user-friendly’ worship services at other...
View Article3rd Annual Prayer Walk for Peace, Edmonton
This afternoon I led a workshop at All Saints’ Cathedral entitled ‘War and Peace: What’s a Christian To Do?’ Twenty-two of us, from several different denominational backgrounds, gathered for a few...
View ArticleThe Blast of Winter
We got our first snow of the year in Edmonton a week ago, but for the past two days we’ve had our first real winter storm – about 15 cm of snow, and temperatures tonight going down to -27 C with a wind...
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