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Advent Ache, Advent Hope
by Brian Walsh My daughters think that I hate shopping. They are mostly right. Not all shopping, but certainly the kind of shopping that might take me into a mall. Indeed, my overwhelming bodily...
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At a loss for words
by Brian Walsh [I had written this piece before the horrific news came out of Newtown, Connecticut yesterday. As President Obama spoke about the loss of twenty children and eight adults it was clear...
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Hell Fire at Christmas!
by Brian Walsh For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Is. 9.6)...
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All things work together for good … Really?
by Brian Walsh [A sermon on Romans 8.22-30 preached at Wine Before Breakfast, January 8, 2013] When the phone rang, I could hardly begin to comprehend what was being said to me. “There was an...
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Sanctuary, Jason Kenney and Jesus
by Brian Walsh I’ve been thinking of writing a mock newspaper article with the title, “Jason Kenney Rejects Jesus.” Of course, that would be a title only for its shock value, and that would be a shock...
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Jesus Saves
by Brian Walsh (a sermon on Romans 10, preached at Wine Before Breakfast, January 29, 2013) That neon light always caught my eye. Every time I rode by on the Keele Street bus, I’d glance East down St....
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Throw Them in the Deep End
by Brian Walsh “Assume biblical illiteracy.” That was the advice from our publisher as Richard Middleton and I were writing our book on postmodernism, Truth is Stranger than It Used to Be. Assume...
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Coming Home
by Brian Walsh “Many of us are still suffering PTSD from the language of salvation.” So I was told last week after our WBB service. Post-traumatic stress disorder from the language of salvation. I get...
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Romans 13 … again: love in the night, longing for the day
by Brian Walsh Returning to Romans 13. Wine Before Breakfast, March 5, 2013 The whole thing is really rather curious. This injunction to obey the governing authorities. Curious because it seems so out...
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A Pastoral Letter for Holy Week, 2013
by Brian Walsh The story was going a certain way. Sure, there were some detours along the way and things didn’t always go totally as expected, but the overall plot remained clear. It was all about...
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Ambivalence and Resurrection
by Brian Walsh (A sermon preached at Wine Before Breakfast, April 2, 2013, on John 21.4-19 in the context of U2′s “Beautiful Day”) The ambivalence is there from the beginning. The story is clearly one...
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WBB does Springsteen
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The Time Was Ripe: Bruce Springsteen, Hope and Jesus
by Brian Walsh (On Sunday, April 21, the Wine Before Breakfast band led a service at the Church of the Redeemer. The songs they played were “The River,” “We are alive,” “My Father’s House,” “Hungry...
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Anti-Terrorism: Let’s get serious!
by Brian Walsh Let’s talk about two bills that have been before the Parliament of Canada. Today, the Federal government passed Bill S-7 which amends the Criminal Code to give the state escalated powers...
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Exodus, Empire and Repentance
by Brian Walsh It doesn’t get much more foundational than “exodus.” When it comes to a biblical event that then becomes a dominant metaphor of biblical faith, “exodus” is right up there with...
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Nationalism Remixed
by Brian Walsh “Do you think that there is any biblical warrant for nationalism?” The emphasis was on “any” because the questioner was thinking that maybe I was actually suggesting that there wasn’t...
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It’s Jubilee Time!
by Brian Walsh (Sometimes you have to go back to basics. For Jesus that was Isaiah 61 and for us at Empire Remixed and Wine Before Breakfast it might look like Luke 4.16-30. In light of recent events,...
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Poverty, Justice and the Fruit of the Spirit
by Brian Walsh (a meditation on Galatians 5.22-25 shared with the Wine Before Breakfast community on August 20, 2013) In the beginning was fruitfulness. And in the end, there will be fruitfulness. From...
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God Bless Toronto: The Piety of Rob Ford
by Brian Walsh “God bless the people of Toronto.” So ended Mayor Rob Ford’s apology before the press assembled outside his office this afternoon. And there were audible giggles and laughter from the...
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Joni and Jesus: Poets of Endings
by Brian Walsh [On Sunday, November 17, the Wine Before Breakfast community joined our friends at the Church of the Redeemer, Toronto, for a service featuring the music of Joni Mitchell. The texts for...
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