Merry Saint Stephen’s Day
The staff of the Centre for Christian Studies reflect on St. Stephen’s Day (Dec. 26) and on Stephen, one of the first Christian deacons.
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The Gift of Song
A taste of some of the music that was on offer at last Fridays’ Cookies and Carols at CCS
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What does it mean to be an Ally?
What does it mean to be an ally?
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What Is It Like To Be A First Year Student At CCS?
Did we realize our searching, our yearning, would reveal that we are no longer separate?
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Image of the Week – Moon (maybe)
The fear of Halloween is the fear of all the things we could lose.
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A Lament for a Lack of Chocolate
We curse you fruit and vegetable lovers, you carriers of healthy snacks! How can you bring them before God?
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A Lament for the United Church of Canada
We worry about our denomination crumbling from within.
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A Lament from One Who Feels Far From God
I have no enemies but my own body. I am at war against a foe I cannot fight
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Worthy
You are precious, worthy to be loved.
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Image of the Week – Path
exhausted after a day of hard climbing, looking for a way forward.
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Image of the Week – Fire
The metaphor of fire suggests that the holy one heats and hones in an immersing love that transforms
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In the Field
It’s September. That means CCS staff are out visiting our students across the country for field placement orientations. This is Sparky, a fictional, totally made up CCS student preparing for diaconal ministry. Ted (somewhat less fictional CCS program staff) is visiting her in her home community of Oxter, Ontario. On a Saturday afternoon in September, Ted, Sparky,…
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Image of the Week – Pelican
Pelicans don’t really pierce their own chests with their beaks and feed their young with the blood, but the writers of medieval bestiaries thought they did.
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Image of the Week – Roots
What are the roots of your faith, and how does it feel when those roots are exposed by erosion?
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Music – Image – Sabbath
Ann Naylor’s sabbatical focused on the significance of image, music, and sabbath.
