by bob | Mar 30, 2021 | ireland
A few years ago I was on retreat and part of the event included a trip to Glendalough, which is one of my favourite places in Ireland. While there, the retreat leader (not Irish) said that Irish monastic cities had low walls compared to monasteries in the rest of...
by bob | Mar 13, 2021 | Rethinking Church
I was in a Zoom Call earlier this week where the question “What is the future of mission post-Covid?” was asked. While I have some thoughts (of course I do), I actually have a lot more questions. First something I am quite sure of… We are not going back to...
by bob | Mar 11, 2021 | The Table
Although we don’t record our monthly Sunday worship gatherings, I figured I would try recording the message/devotional part & post online. If you are interested (it is only about 11 minutes :), you can find it on the Table’s...
by bob | Mar 6, 2021 | personal reflections
When I was a college student (pretty much right at the start of purity culture) it was common to hear things like: Christians should not marry non-Christians.orYou should not have sex before marriage. And whenever those types of statements were made, the...
by bob | Dec 7, 2020 | family stuff
About a week ago, our house alarm started going off around 5 pm on a Friday afternoon. The house we bought last year has two alarm systems installed. One is monitored, the other is not. The one that is not monitored was the one going off. Trust me, it is an awful...