The Parish

If you’ve ever been tempted to attribute the suffering you face in this life as evidence of God’s hand against you, this ancient story of Naomi might be the story for you.

In a world that makes us forget we are all connected-this story offers us a stark warning, that in those moments when we don’t think we are Able,....to not become a Cain

Hagar had great faith. But it was faith in what she imagined to be God’s plan rather than faith in God’s self.

This Psalm and the circumstances surrounding its writing offer us a glimpse of what Spiritual Resilience can look like.  Where our hope isn't rooted merely in what we are feeling, but in what we have come to know.

Hagar felt all but invisible in her world. Then she was found by the God who sees her.

The most spiritual moments in your life won't be when you feel God has shown up, but instead when you realize that God had never left.

David delighted in the fact that he was intimately known by God, but when it came to his enemies, he wasn’t willing to look past the colour of their uniforms.

The story of Jonah helps make our own experience comprehensible by offering us a a new way to perceive not only God but ourselves

Preserving is not the same as hoarding, it is knowing what is worth keeping.

Jesus offers rest to followers who are weary and burdened. But it isn't found in a hammock under a shade tree.

Motivation is what gets us started, but it is discipline that keeps us going.

God wants to fill our emptiness and has hidden the divine in all sorts of places so our spirits can be nourished.
 

What if planted in our everyday ordinary lives are the secrets that can actually produce a better one.  

We all might be in the same boat, but depending on where you are sitting, it might be a completely different storm.

On that first Easter Sunday, the disciples on the Emmaus Road found that heartburn isn't always a bad thing!

The power of real community shows us that the incarnation continues to be the miracle of God in skin and bones

If God doesn't give up on people, then maybe we should do our best to do the same.

Resurrection may surprise you, in fact-thats the point.