MLK Jr's last Sunday morning sermon has been speaking to me in these times: an apocalyptic address for an apocalyptic time
riskingchurch.substack.com/p/an-apocaly...
riskingchurch.substack.com/p/an-apocaly...
An apocalyptic Martin Luther King
Making America "the truly great America that it is called to be.”
riskingchurch.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:16 AM
MLK Jr's last Sunday morning sermon has been speaking to me in these times: an apocalyptic address for an apocalyptic time
riskingchurch.substack.com/p/an-apocaly...
riskingchurch.substack.com/p/an-apocaly...
today's little piece of delight
most read article of year at @livingchurch.bsky.social was about who could be next Archbishop of Canterbury and it never mentions the name of Sarah Mullaly, appointed in October
helpful perspective for all of us who watch the church
livingchurch.org/news/news-an...
most read article of year at @livingchurch.bsky.social was about who could be next Archbishop of Canterbury and it never mentions the name of Sarah Mullaly, appointed in October
helpful perspective for all of us who watch the church
livingchurch.org/news/news-an...
Who Might Be the Next Archbishop of Canterbury? - The Living Church
Seemingly within moments of Justin Welby resigning, many articles began identifying potential successors. Two names are common to almost all the lists, and so I shall start with them.
livingchurch.org
December 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
today's little piece of delight
most read article of year at @livingchurch.bsky.social was about who could be next Archbishop of Canterbury and it never mentions the name of Sarah Mullaly, appointed in October
helpful perspective for all of us who watch the church
livingchurch.org/news/news-an...
most read article of year at @livingchurch.bsky.social was about who could be next Archbishop of Canterbury and it never mentions the name of Sarah Mullaly, appointed in October
helpful perspective for all of us who watch the church
livingchurch.org/news/news-an...
Ah yes, the weekend of the Third Sunday of Advent: when everyone schedules everything involving absolutely everyone.
I'm going to need a weekend to recover from this weekend.
I'm going to need a weekend to recover from this weekend.
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Ah yes, the weekend of the Third Sunday of Advent: when everyone schedules everything involving absolutely everyone.
I'm going to need a weekend to recover from this weekend.
I'm going to need a weekend to recover from this weekend.
annual and enjoyable lunchtime conversation with colleagues today: which of the plot lines in "Love Actually" is most problematic and "ewwww" inducing?
so many to choose from!
so many to choose from!
December 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
annual and enjoyable lunchtime conversation with colleagues today: which of the plot lines in "Love Actually" is most problematic and "ewwww" inducing?
so many to choose from!
so many to choose from!
Remembering today 17th century's Nicholas Ferrar who formed a religious community at Little Gidding and was so devoted to idea of commonwealth
How natural idea of wealth in common is to way of Jesus and how foreign it is to our world ⚓️
How natural idea of wealth in common is to way of Jesus and how foreign it is to our world ⚓️
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Remembering today 17th century's Nicholas Ferrar who formed a religious community at Little Gidding and was so devoted to idea of commonwealth
How natural idea of wealth in common is to way of Jesus and how foreign it is to our world ⚓️
How natural idea of wealth in common is to way of Jesus and how foreign it is to our world ⚓️
Join the host! Contribute to this project to get 6,000 oral history testimonies (one for each of the Riders of Rohan at Battle of Pelennor Fields, naturally) from fans of J.R.R. Tolkien
www.marquette.edu/library/arch... #nerdheaven
www.marquette.edu/library/arch... #nerdheaven
The J.R.R. Tolkien Fandom Oral History Collection // Archives // Raynor Library // Marquette University
www.marquette.edu
November 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join the host! Contribute to this project to get 6,000 oral history testimonies (one for each of the Riders of Rohan at Battle of Pelennor Fields, naturally) from fans of J.R.R. Tolkien
www.marquette.edu/library/arch... #nerdheaven
www.marquette.edu/library/arch... #nerdheaven
this video from US Catholic bishops on immigration is good
#Episcopal bishops should do their pastoral letters in same way—I imagine there would be a bit more variety in wardrobe ⚓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMQ...
#Episcopal bishops should do their pastoral letters in same way—I imagine there would be a bit more variety in wardrobe ⚓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMQ...
Special Pastoral Message on Immigration by the Bishops of the United States
YouTube video by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
this video from US Catholic bishops on immigration is good
#Episcopal bishops should do their pastoral letters in same way—I imagine there would be a bit more variety in wardrobe ⚓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMQ...
#Episcopal bishops should do their pastoral letters in same way—I imagine there would be a bit more variety in wardrobe ⚓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMQ...
Is it:
a) entirely appropriate;
b) more than a little patronizing;
or c) a bit of both
that first female Archbishop of Canterbury will be enthroned on Feast of Annunciation? ⚓️
www.anglicannews.org/news/2025/10...
a) entirely appropriate;
b) more than a little patronizing;
or c) a bit of both
that first female Archbishop of Canterbury will be enthroned on Feast of Annunciation? ⚓️
www.anglicannews.org/news/2025/10...
Installation of the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury | Anglican Communion News Service
Anglican Communion News Service
www.anglicannews.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Is it:
a) entirely appropriate;
b) more than a little patronizing;
or c) a bit of both
that first female Archbishop of Canterbury will be enthroned on Feast of Annunciation? ⚓️
www.anglicannews.org/news/2025/10...
a) entirely appropriate;
b) more than a little patronizing;
or c) a bit of both
that first female Archbishop of Canterbury will be enthroned on Feast of Annunciation? ⚓️
www.anglicannews.org/news/2025/10...
I can still:
*name the starting line-up of the 1992 & 1993 Blue Jays
*remember where I was when Joe Carter caught the final out in 1992 and hit the walk-off homer in 1993
I have been waiting 32 years for tonight.
*name the starting line-up of the 1992 & 1993 Blue Jays
*remember where I was when Joe Carter caught the final out in 1992 and hit the walk-off homer in 1993
I have been waiting 32 years for tonight.
October 25, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I can still:
*name the starting line-up of the 1992 & 1993 Blue Jays
*remember where I was when Joe Carter caught the final out in 1992 and hit the walk-off homer in 1993
I have been waiting 32 years for tonight.
*name the starting line-up of the 1992 & 1993 Blue Jays
*remember where I was when Joe Carter caught the final out in 1992 and hit the walk-off homer in 1993
I have been waiting 32 years for tonight.
in my part of church world, overriding concern is cost of insurance—and it's problem we all face in world of climate change, as ample but mostly ignored news reporting is making clear
so I tried to think from the place of Christian faith about how to respond ⚓️
open.substack.com/pub/riskingc...
so I tried to think from the place of Christian faith about how to respond ⚓️
open.substack.com/pub/riskingc...
The wicked problem of insurance
Managing risk in an individualistic world
open.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
in my part of church world, overriding concern is cost of insurance—and it's problem we all face in world of climate change, as ample but mostly ignored news reporting is making clear
so I tried to think from the place of Christian faith about how to respond ⚓️
open.substack.com/pub/riskingc...
so I tried to think from the place of Christian faith about how to respond ⚓️
open.substack.com/pub/riskingc...
Reposted
Profile: Who is Sarah Mullally, the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
MadsDavies takes a deep-dive into the next Primate of All England’s background
Read the full in-depth profile at churchtimes.co.uk
#sarahmullally #nextABC #Archbishop106
MadsDavies takes a deep-dive into the next Primate of All England’s background
Read the full in-depth profile at churchtimes.co.uk
#sarahmullally #nextABC #Archbishop106
Profile: Who is Sarah Mullally, the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
Madeleine Davies looks into the next Primate of All England’s background
www.churchtimes.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Profile: Who is Sarah Mullally, the next Archbishop of Canterbury?
MadsDavies takes a deep-dive into the next Primate of All England’s background
Read the full in-depth profile at churchtimes.co.uk
#sarahmullally #nextABC #Archbishop106
MadsDavies takes a deep-dive into the next Primate of All England’s background
Read the full in-depth profile at churchtimes.co.uk
#sarahmullally #nextABC #Archbishop106
I usually resist hot-takery like the plague but couldn't resist offering these 5 thoughts on the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally
riskingchurch.substack.com/p/a-new-arch... ⚓️
riskingchurch.substack.com/p/a-new-arch... ⚓️
A new Archbishop
Hot-takery on the new appointment to the see of Canterbury
riskingchurch.substack.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I usually resist hot-takery like the plague but couldn't resist offering these 5 thoughts on the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Sarah Mullally
riskingchurch.substack.com/p/a-new-arch... ⚓️
riskingchurch.substack.com/p/a-new-arch... ⚓️
Hear hear, I say
"Reviving postal banking may not be flashy project that seems to excite Carney. But shouldn’t protecting Canadian workers from ravages of gig economy & using national network to provide banking services...also qualify as form of nation-building?"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
"Reviving postal banking may not be flashy project that seems to excite Carney. But shouldn’t protecting Canadian workers from ravages of gig economy & using national network to provide banking services...also qualify as form of nation-building?"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Linda McQuaig: Postal banking once made Canada Post profitable — and could again
Providing banking services to rural and low-income Canadians through post offices would be a Canada-first form of nation-building for the people.
www.thestar.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hear hear, I say
"Reviving postal banking may not be flashy project that seems to excite Carney. But shouldn’t protecting Canadian workers from ravages of gig economy & using national network to provide banking services...also qualify as form of nation-building?"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
"Reviving postal banking may not be flashy project that seems to excite Carney. But shouldn’t protecting Canadian workers from ravages of gig economy & using national network to provide banking services...also qualify as form of nation-building?"
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
"And war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon..." (Rev. 12:7)
The start of my favourite season of the church year, from now until Advent as the readings just get more and more apocalyptic—perfect companion to the shortening days ⚓
The start of my favourite season of the church year, from now until Advent as the readings just get more and more apocalyptic—perfect companion to the shortening days ⚓
September 29, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"And war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon..." (Rev. 12:7)
The start of my favourite season of the church year, from now until Advent as the readings just get more and more apocalyptic—perfect companion to the shortening days ⚓
The start of my favourite season of the church year, from now until Advent as the readings just get more and more apocalyptic—perfect companion to the shortening days ⚓
Canada marks Truth & Reconciliation Day this week. I'll be talking reconciliation & pilgrimage with author, teacher, and pastor Matthew Anderson.
Join us for this online conversation about importance of settlers "unsettling" ourselves.
Details in this link: montrealdio.ca/courses/matt... ⚓
Join us for this online conversation about importance of settlers "unsettling" ourselves.
Details in this link: montrealdio.ca/courses/matt... ⚓
Meet the Author: Matthew Anderson, The Good Walk
Matthew Anderson joins Principal Jesse Zink to discuss The Good Walk and how pilgrimage can guide us toward reconciliation.
montrealdio.ca
September 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Canada marks Truth & Reconciliation Day this week. I'll be talking reconciliation & pilgrimage with author, teacher, and pastor Matthew Anderson.
Join us for this online conversation about importance of settlers "unsettling" ourselves.
Details in this link: montrealdio.ca/courses/matt... ⚓
Join us for this online conversation about importance of settlers "unsettling" ourselves.
Details in this link: montrealdio.ca/courses/matt... ⚓
a reflection for the commemoration of Lancelot Andrewes
"The life of the classroom and the life of ministry are not alien to one another; instead, each enriches the other. Our study is helping us become more fully who God has called us to be."
montrealdio.ca/lancelot-and... ⚓️
"The life of the classroom and the life of ministry are not alien to one another; instead, each enriches the other. Our study is helping us become more fully who God has called us to be."
montrealdio.ca/lancelot-and... ⚓️
Lancelot Andrewes and the integration of scholarship and prayer
Dear friends, As the weather turns and the school year shifts into a new gear, I find myself thinking about the integration between the life of study and scholarship, so much in evidence at the colleg...
montrealdio.ca
September 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
a reflection for the commemoration of Lancelot Andrewes
"The life of the classroom and the life of ministry are not alien to one another; instead, each enriches the other. Our study is helping us become more fully who God has called us to be."
montrealdio.ca/lancelot-and... ⚓️
"The life of the classroom and the life of ministry are not alien to one another; instead, each enriches the other. Our study is helping us become more fully who God has called us to be."
montrealdio.ca/lancelot-and... ⚓️
the @churchtimes.bsky.social asked me to offer a few thoughts on the challenges awaiting the next Archbishop of Canterbury from a global perspective—this is what I came up with ⚓
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Whole world is in the next Archbishop’s hands
What might global Anglicans expect from a new Primate of All England, Jesse Zink asks
www.churchtimes.co.uk
September 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
the @churchtimes.bsky.social asked me to offer a few thoughts on the challenges awaiting the next Archbishop of Canterbury from a global perspective—this is what I came up with ⚓
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
sang yesterday in church Fosdick's, "God of grace and god of glory" and was struck anew by this line
"Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore"
"Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore"
September 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
sang yesterday in church Fosdick's, "God of grace and god of glory" and was struck anew by this line
"Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore"
"Save us from weak resignation to the evils we deplore"
a little in the midst of the sea of Internet content in last few days has been reviews of Dan Brown's new book, "The Secret of Secrets"
some great writers turning all their literary skill to wondering how it is that this can be so popular
here's one: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
some great writers turning all their literary skill to wondering how it is that this can be so popular
here's one: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown review – weapons-grade nonsense from beginning to end
Code-breaking hero Robert Langdon is back for another conspiracy thriller, featuring underground laboratories and new thoughts on the nature of consciousness
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
a little in the midst of the sea of Internet content in last few days has been reviews of Dan Brown's new book, "The Secret of Secrets"
some great writers turning all their literary skill to wondering how it is that this can be so popular
here's one: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
some great writers turning all their literary skill to wondering how it is that this can be so popular
here's one: www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...
first day back from holiday: 63 e-mails sent thus far
August 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
first day back from holiday: 63 e-mails sent thus far
contrast between Church of England response to assisted suicide and #Anglican Church of Canada's is striking
CofE vocal in its opposition—bishops & synod—& is actively supporting alternative approach
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
also this: episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/07/16/c... ⚓️
CofE vocal in its opposition—bishops & synod—& is actively supporting alternative approach
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
also this: episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/07/16/c... ⚓️
Church must ‘turn back’ public opinion on assisted dying, says archbishop
Stephen Cottrell tells General Synod assisted dying means assuming ‘authority over death that belongs to God alone’
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:43 PM
contrast between Church of England response to assisted suicide and #Anglican Church of Canada's is striking
CofE vocal in its opposition—bishops & synod—& is actively supporting alternative approach
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
also this: episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/07/16/c... ⚓️
CofE vocal in its opposition—bishops & synod—& is actively supporting alternative approach
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
also this: episcopalnewsservice.org/2025/07/16/c... ⚓️
Integrated great feedback to produce version 2.0 of free discussion guide for "Faithful, Creative, Hopeful: 15 Theses for Christians in Crisis-Shaped World"
Here's a free resource to help your group get into the talking about Christian witness in a polycrisis world. Online at www.jessezink.com ⚓
Here's a free resource to help your group get into the talking about Christian witness in a polycrisis world. Online at www.jessezink.com ⚓
July 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Integrated great feedback to produce version 2.0 of free discussion guide for "Faithful, Creative, Hopeful: 15 Theses for Christians in Crisis-Shaped World"
Here's a free resource to help your group get into the talking about Christian witness in a polycrisis world. Online at www.jessezink.com ⚓
Here's a free resource to help your group get into the talking about Christian witness in a polycrisis world. Online at www.jessezink.com ⚓
I don't get to preach every Sunday but this year I've been invited to preach in March when the Prodigal Son was the lectionary text and now this Sunday when the Good Samaritan is the gospel text.
I feel like I've won the homiletical lottery—and am grateful to those who share their pulpit with me
I feel like I've won the homiletical lottery—and am grateful to those who share their pulpit with me
July 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I don't get to preach every Sunday but this year I've been invited to preach in March when the Prodigal Son was the lectionary text and now this Sunday when the Good Samaritan is the gospel text.
I feel like I've won the homiletical lottery—and am grateful to those who share their pulpit with me
I feel like I've won the homiletical lottery—and am grateful to those who share their pulpit with me
6 members of Congress vote to gut any semblance of climate action one week
Then next week write to Canadian ambassador to complain about wildfire smoke
You can't have it both ways
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Then next week write to Canadian ambassador to complain about wildfire smoke
You can't have it both ways
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Canadian wildfire smoke ruining Americans' summer, says letter from Congress members | CBC News
Canadian wildfire smoke is travelling south and making it difficult for some Americans to enjoy their summer, says a letter from six members of Congress to Canada's ambassador in Washington.
www.cbc.ca
July 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
6 members of Congress vote to gut any semblance of climate action one week
Then next week write to Canadian ambassador to complain about wildfire smoke
You can't have it both ways
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Then next week write to Canadian ambassador to complain about wildfire smoke
You can't have it both ways
www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Brief remarks made by Shane Parker, bishop of Ottawa & primate-elect of #Anglican Church of Canada, are worth listening to
I found the theme of insulation to be helpful, pointed, and generative of further theological reflection—will be thinking some more about this
www.youtube.com/live/TF_B1Q2... ⚓️
I found the theme of insulation to be helpful, pointed, and generative of further theological reflection—will be thinking some more about this
www.youtube.com/live/TF_B1Q2... ⚓️
Election of the 15th Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, General Synod 2025
YouTube video by The Anglican Church of Canada
www.youtube.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Brief remarks made by Shane Parker, bishop of Ottawa & primate-elect of #Anglican Church of Canada, are worth listening to
I found the theme of insulation to be helpful, pointed, and generative of further theological reflection—will be thinking some more about this
www.youtube.com/live/TF_B1Q2... ⚓️
I found the theme of insulation to be helpful, pointed, and generative of further theological reflection—will be thinking some more about this
www.youtube.com/live/TF_B1Q2... ⚓️