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Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Reporter

The big missing element for President Donald Trump and his allies in the family separation crisis boils down to a single word: Compassion…

Irises – Analysis

“I have made a series of colour studies in painting, simply flowers.” –van Gogh...

"I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination." -- John Keats...

Matthew 10

As you go, proclaim the good news, ‘The kingdom of heaven has come near.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons...

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening by Robert Frost

Whose woods these are I think I know...

People often ask me about the success I seem to have with retaining newcomers, people who show up in church for a “look see” and end up staying for a longer period of time. Colleagues have asked me about this, what my strategy is, an article I might point to, a workshop or “best practices” I could lead...

A colleague of mine spent his sabbatical time looking at Jesus’ agricultural metaphors and finding more urban appropriate examples. Let’s face it most people today either live in an urban area or are moving there...

Matthew 19:14 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

14 but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs.”...

On June 15th 2011 Kim and I were in the wee village of Doolin in the county Clare, spending our 20th anniversary in the Republic of Ireland...

Today’s guest quote is by Anne Lamott, from her book Traveling Mercies:

That April of 1984, in the midst of this experience, Pammy took a fourth urine sample to the lab...

Today on the bus two men in their mid-40’s sitting behind me were talking about their work. Both were aggrieved that some of their co-workers were looking down their noses at them. One man said to the other, “He has a piece of paper from Dalhousie because mommy and daddy paid for it...

William Willimon posted ‘advice’ for those starting in pastoral ministry.

Between Two Worlds...

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Glenn Morison, former chaplain at the Winnipeg Remand Centre, has written a delightful book titled Quitting, a novel that takes the idea of…

A good friend of mine recently conducted a survey of churches in his small city. He called all of the churches, big and small, all denominations, and he called late at night so no one would be in the office. My friend wanted to hear all of the voicemails...

This week I was asked for advice on how to share one’s feelings. Many reading this will wonder if the person seeking this counsel thought he was speaking to another Kevin Little, one in a parallel universe, a man in touch with his feelings...

‘Canada’s church’

A new book by Phyllis D. Airhart charts the rise, fall and remaking of The United Church of Canada By Kenneth Bagnell...

Written by Jonathan Richman (my favorite singer)

Now when I get off the train and start walking again...

What Makes a Family? By Matthew L. Skinner

If you’re looking for snapshots of well-adjusted and happy parent-child relationships from the ancient world...

Right from the start, Adam and Eve would not remain faithful, there was manipulative Sarah, the murderer Moses, Rehab a prostitute and liar, brilliant but lustful, self-absorbed David, Peter with his feet of clay, Paul the persecutor...