May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be always with you! Last weekend, I had the opportunity to travel to Halifax for a couple of nights. I had a meeting on Friday of the Pine Hill Divinity College board (this is the United Church of Canada part of the Atlantic School of Theology), and I stayed for AST's convocation on Saturday. I got to be part of the convocation service. It is always held at a church (there is no space on the AST...

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be always with you! Today is day 3 back in the office after being away for two weeks. Despite catching a cold that knocked the stuffing out of me for most of my vacation, it was a good couple of weeks. I rested, I read a couple of books, I got my taxes filed (something that my brain generally doesn't have space to think about until after Easter each year!), and I traveled to Ontario for a couple of...

May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be always with you! Christ is Risen! Christ is risen indeed! Hallelujah! We practiced this response on Sunday morning in worship when we celebrated the empty tomb and the resurrection of Jesus. But even though students are back in school and most of us are back to work after the long weekend, Easter isn't over yet. In fact, the season of Easter lasts for 50 days, which will take us right through to...