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Blog Archives: June 2020
Waiting
June 30, 2020
“Let’s remember that though we may have to wait and see, we never have to wait to be.”
- Emily P. Freeman, The Next Right Thing
Pulling into the parking lot, I notice the line - people dutifully positioned on lines taped onto the pavement. Girding myself to join the tail of the snake, I pull out my mask and step out, ready to inch forward, six feet at a time.
Nothing like a pandemic to teach you about waiting. We wait in line for groceries, at home in quarantine, for canceled appointments to be rescheduled and favourite restaurants ...
Idols vs. Icons: A Theology of Zoom Calls
June 25, 2020
I’ve been living in a box for the last three months. You know what box I’m talking about: that Zoom box. Seeing people in these Zoom boxes has become a defining image of this season for me. And I worry that I sometimes forget that each person is their own flesh and blood reality. They are not just images in a box, on a screen.
And this makes me reflect on the distinction the Church has made between idols and icons.
An idol is something or someone that you look at and it absorbs all your attention.
For example, in the Scriptures idols ...
Jesus Pooed
June 22, 2020
There is a tendency in Christians to be ashamed, prudish in discussing our bodily functions, our sexuality, our “fleshy”-ness. We prefer to see ourselves as ethereal souls and spirits…not wrinkled, pock-marked, near-sighted, pubic-haired creatures.
Yet at the very core of our faith is the Incarnation. The Creator and Sustainer of the universe came to us as a historical, fully human being: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us...” (John 1:14) - a fragile baby crying for his mother’s milk, a curious toddler tugging on his ...
Cancer
June 11, 2020
Our young adult discipleship group has been memorizing one verse a month, and a few weeks ago, one of the leaders offered 1 Corinthians 12:26 to memorize. About the body of Christ, the apostle Paul writes this, “If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honoured, every part rejoices with it.”
The first part seems easy - I feel the suffering of those who suffer. But Paul isn’t talking about mere pity, or even empathy. He doesn’t say we “feel” suffering with our suffering brother or sister, he says we suffer. ...
COVID - 19 Response Plan
June 10, 2020
It has been an unusual and unprecedented time for us all. Although this pandemic has greatly affected the manner in which we have done church, it has not stopped us from still being church. Church is about more than a building or a service; Church is about a people. Especially now, even more so during these disruptive times, we will continue to be church.
The Province, under the BC Restart Plan, has begun to ease restrictions and gradually re-open businesses, schools, and social venues. What then is our response as the Tapestry Ch ...
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