According to historian Blake Scott Ball’s (excellent) “Charlie Brown’s America,” what saved Linus’ Luke 2 speech from tanking the whole thing with the network was…Coca-Cola.

#OnThisDay in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

Advent is near. I argue in my book (second-best selling of all my books, but not very influential so far!) that it is the duty of the church to resist premature Christmas promotion, 99% commercial in its origin and power. A rigorous Advent can be our liturgical and personal resistance.

“It is discipleship beneath the cross that here becomes both the presupposition and the goal. (Hence Sermon on the Mount and cross [Paul] together, actually not really a problem).”
Bonhoeffer, Finkenwald Lectures DBWE p476[264]

Speaking of joy and beauty. I was at All Souls at All Saints for Fr Bliss’s ordination. What a beautiful community!

I’m new here, so here’s a brief intro:

I’m a Scot, raised in West Africa, who lives in Calgary 🇨🇦

I’m a pastor at Westside King’s Church

I’m a priest in the Diocese of St Anthony

I‘m director of the St Anthony Institute guiding others into Holy Orders

I’m a dad, a husband (and Podcaster)

Perhaps the new question is what app do we need to use to keep all of these accounts in order? 🤣🤣🤣

I love that you’re here in all these new spaces Beth!