I “attended” two funerals this month: I followed President Jimmy Carter’s funeral service on TV, and a funeral for a two month old infant was held in our church the following week. Superficially, they...
Here’s your trivia question for today: “What are the three most commonly stated commands in the Bible?” Here they are: Do not be afraid. Love one another. Stand firm. Each one is short and to the...
What images and associations come to mind when you ponder the phrase, “Survival of the fittest?” All my life I have assumed that the phrase meant the strongest ones become stronger and more numerous...
He has told you, O mortal, what is good, and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness and to walk humbly with your God? (Micah 6.8) My wife and I love watching movies...
"Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations. He will not shout or cry out, or raise his voice in the...
47 years ago I had the privilege of teaching typing (do you remember what that is?) to a class of grade nine students in Toronto. To my great dismay, Sandra, one of the brightest students in the class...
There was a time in my life when I arrogantly decided that Psalm 23 was so overused that it had become a Hallmark card cliche. Then I realized it embodied a deep and profound call to seek justice...
The Do Justice editor has invited me to contribute to “Do Justice” every three months, and this post marks the launch! This week I’m retiring from regular employment, and one of my post-employment...
Fifty years ago I first met my future brother-in-law Don, an energetic and endearing Indigenous five-year-old adopted by my future wife’s family at birth. He was part of the Sixties Scoop, but that...
