Tag: healing

  • Making space might save someone’s life

    Making space might save someone’s life

    Notice: This article mentions addiction, rape and abortion. “I never thought I would set foot in another church.” These were the opening words from Grace Ibrahima’s sermon at Rockway Mennonite Church in Kitchener, Ontario on June 2. “Churches can be somewhere warm and comforting and reassuring and accepting, with a lot of hope and aspiration.…

  • The Wounded Heart of God

    The Wounded Heart of God

    “The Wounded Heart of God: The Asian Concept of Han and the Christian Doctrine of Sin” by Andrew Sung Park is not light bedtime reading. Yet, I think this is one of the most influential theological books that I have read. The thorough articulation of the concept of “han” fills the gap of what I…

  • Resonance

    He poured the bowl full of water, then held it out, balanced on his palm, fingers angled down and away from the thick bronze base. Slowly, he moved the wooden mallet around the edge. Expecting the resonance of the singing bowl, I was shocked to see sparkles of water emerge from the rim. As he…