Brian J. Walsh's Blog, page 33

World Vision – It Really Is All About the Children

Andrew Stephens-Rennie asked some pretty hard questions of World Vision in his post of April 3.

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Pastoral Letter: Holy Week 2014

[This is my pastoral letter to the Wine Before Breakfast community calling us to keep Holy Week.

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Lazarus, Ani and Jesus

 

[On April 6, 2014, the Wine Before Breakfast community teamed up with our friends at the Church of the Redeemer in Toronto for a service that brought the artistry of Ani DiFranco into dialogue with the story of the raising of Lazarus, with Psalm 130 in the background.

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No King But Caesar

No King but Caesar!

“We have no king but the emperor!”

So shouted the crowd at Pilate when he pushed the issue and asked,

“Shall I crucify your King?”

“We have no king but the emperor.”

Were they just manipulating this petty Roman governor?

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Discernment, Charity and Justice

Let me be clear from the outset. I’m not against World Vision.

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World Vision, Pragmatism and the Fallen Powers

A week has passed. The dust has settled. Has it? And everything’s back to the way it was. 

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Blowing Smoke

There are days

I walk outside to be with Jesus

And sit on a park bench

Or under the bridge

There are days

I leave my room to find Jesus

Walking the streets

and alleyways

There are days

I leave the lineup,

and stop to bum a light.

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World Vision & Church Discipline

I’m making a list. A shortlist, so to speak. A short, concise list, of those who, in the wake of this World Vision fiasco, need to come under strict church discipline.

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She Knew What it Cost

She invites us to count the cost.
She invites us to pour out an extravagant gift.
She invites us to remain in this love.
She invites us to stay.

Remaining in Lent

Are you in or out?
Remaining, leaving, already gone,
or struggling on the threshold?