by Edwin Drewlo | Mar 3, 2019 | Blog, Explanations, Pastoral Issues, Spiritual Formation, Uncategorized
I think today was one of the last crispy cold Sundays of this winter season — somewhere around 10 below Celsius this afternoon. I took the opportunity to get some dog-walking exercise in the snowy woods called, Forests for the World, about a kilometer from our... by Edwin Drewlo | Feb 24, 2019 | Blog, Explanations, Pastoral Issues, Spiritual Formation, Uncategorized
Recently, I had occasion to spend some time thinking about the transfiguration of Jesus as described in the first 13 verses of Matthew 17. Similar accounts of this unusual experience are found in Mark 9:2-13 and Luke 9:26-36. The slight variation in these... by Edwin Drewlo | Jan 27, 2019 | Blog, Explanations, Pastoral Issues, Transitional Pastoral Ministry, Uncategorized
Recently, because of the intensity of my own work at times, I’ve been thinking a lot about whether Jesus was intense or more relaxed. This thought came about in the context of a discussion about vision while working with a church during a time of transition... by Edwin Drewlo | Jan 6, 2019 | Blog, Explanations, Pastoral Issues, Personal
This picture, taken near our home in Prince George in the early days of 2019, is a bit of a metaphor about the world in which we live at this time. On one hand, there is nothing like the beauty of wild nature on a winter day in Canada (or many other parts of the... by Edwin Drewlo | Dec 4, 2018 | Blog, Explanations, Pastoral Issues, Uncategorized
A brightly decorated evergreen is iconic at Christmastime. It is said to have originated in Germany in the 16th Century when Christians transformed a pagan practice into Christian meaning. Today it speaks of perpetual life in the midst of our dark world that... by Edwin Drewlo | Nov 25, 2018 | Blog, Explanations, Pastoral Issues, Personal, Spiritual Formation
I can still remember receiving my first Bible as a boy of seven or eight from my parents. It was a very special gift which I came to treasure. I can’t remember too much about my reading of the Bible in that time. However, quite early on in my life, I do...
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