“It is time that the stone grew accustomed to blooming, That unrest formed a heart." —Paul Celan

Dinner Conversation

Family Dinner

We were sitting around the dinner table last night in Winnipeg. I was in  “the Peg” to preach at my childhood congregation  and to spend a little  time with my parents and two of my sisters, and their families. After a  delicious meal, prepared by my  brother-in-law Pat, the conversation  turned to The Big Picture. My sister, a teacher, told me that the reason she hadn’t been to church for  close to 15 years is that when she did  go  back (once) it was the  same old, same … [Read more...]