The grief of God

One of my favourite pictures depicting Jesus looking out of the city of Jerusalem. He is sorrowful for the fate of its citizens and their rejection of God’s love and provision. “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones God’s messengers! How often I have wanted to gather your children together as…

A tribute to a Dad

I suppose I might describe myself historically as falling into the conservative camp – that is politically. Not the modern definition of conservatism but that of Stanfield, Clarke and Mulroney. So I was interested in the funeral service for Brian Mulroney. A state funeral in Canada isn’t that frequent an event so all the more…

Oil City

When you live in Edmonton, it is apparent quite quickly that you are in oil country. The hockey teams are The Oilers and The Oil Kings. Oil tankers are seen on all the rail lines and the trucks pulling oil tanks pull out of the refineries at a quick pace. If Calgary is where the…