One of the things I like about the story of the Garden of Eden is when Adam and Eve hear God walking about the garden in the cool of the day. It reminds me of an old old hymn my mom loves, and which I've lead congregations in singing at hundreds of funerals, and which...

This is probably the best description of courage I've read in a long time. It is written by G. K. Chesterton in his book Orthodoxy: "Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. 'He that will lose...

Get out of your head and into your body. I'm preaching to myself here. But maybe you can overhear. Although I encourage people to think, I also encourage people to get into their bodies. When I go through really intense intellectual or spiritual transformations, I...

Yesterday I brought home a fresh bouquet of tulips for Lisa. They are bright yellow with a tint of orange. Green leaves and stems. She did her last shift of her preceptorship in Palliative Care. Now all that's left is her graduation ceremony and writing her Provincial...

Want to smile and maybe laugh? We can have fun on TLS. If you've ever been in a chatroom or at a Potluck Hangout, you know what I'm talking about! This is my own cheesy Christian t-shirt design, "Jesus Is My Spotter". But one of our members started a thread about bad...

This is one of my favorite and most popular watercolor paintings. It captures what things look like this time of year where I live. The air is warming up and the ice has mostly melted. But there are places in the forests and marshes that never receive sunlight and the...

Although, inevitably, we must all walk our own unique spiritual paths, isn't it wonderful to come across fellow travelers along the way? I claim the existential feelings of loneliness are a part of a genuine spiritual journey, I also claim that companionship is a...

Sometimes we process a new thing suddenly, like flipping a switch. Other times we process a new thing gradually, like turning a dial. I've observed this in my own life. It's how I can get into trouble. It's also how I can get out. Actually, I think I use the dial to...

This is a high-resolution image of a painting of mine that I'm giving you to download for free. A $40 value! All you have to do is click on the image and it will be ready to download. You can use it on your computer desktop or mobile device. You can also get some high...

I have talked with a lot of members of The Lasting Supper, many of you one on one. Something that frequently comes up in our conversations is the fear of becoming an atheist. I want to talk about that today. Let's look at it from an entirely Christian perspective....