Minister's Musings

I had the profound gift to spend some time with members of the Tsleil waututh Nation and others this week as preparations are beginning for an Interfaith Water Ceremony on the Burrard Inlet in June. As you may know, this week the Trans Mountain Expansion (TMX) project officially became operational, which means a huge increase in the number of oil tankers filling up from the terminal and travelling through the mouth of the inlet. The Tsleil waututh have opposed this expansion from the beginning and continue to oppose, even though the project is continuing. We have been invited to pray with them. read more

There is an allegory. I’m not sure the source but it is  attributed to a few people, from a 13th century Buddhist to American writer David Foster Wallace. It goes something like this: “There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, ‘Morning, boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, ‘What the hell is water?’” read more

Between Easter and Pentecost the revised common lectionary offers many scripture passages from the Acts of the Apostles. A lot happens. We watch the newly evolving Christian movement take shape and spread. We see humans trying and failing and succeeding. We hear passionate speeches about the risen Christ (with fairly absolute language at times). read more