pounding pavement

wanderings of a pastoral heart. Adventures are many; updates are few.... I love to run; that desire for movement has moved me clear across the country and into new possibilities and experiences.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

November 16

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The parable of the talents. It's so inocuous. It sounds pretty straightforward, right up until the words of the third s...

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Lent 2 - Being Born Anew

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Have you ever noticed that it’s far easier to say something, than it is to actually do it? It’s very easy to state our intentions of som...

Saturday, March 8, 2014

Humanity, and Human-ness (Lent 1)

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What does it mean to you, that you are human? It means a few things, at least. You’re male, or female. You’re Aboriginal, Caucasian,...

Saturday, March 1, 2014

March 2 - Transfiguration Sunday

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“It is good, Lord, for us to be here,” Peter says to Jesus. My wife, it seems to me occasionally, comes from a family of dawdlers. Try...

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Lent 4 - The Prodigal Son

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Let’s talk about the difference between a parable and a fable, beloved of God. I think there’s a need to begin to distinguish between the ...

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Christmas Day

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I read a book a this past summer that conveyed a very simple message to the reader – that keeping a population in a constant state of f...

Christmas Eve - Never Wake a Sleeping Baby

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Most people who gather here tonight will be somewhat familiar with the Macintyre household. Two adults, four kids, and three bedrooms...

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Rev. Michael Macintyre: former parish pastor, recruited by the Canadian Forces as a chaplain.

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