Prayer is –
This reflection on what prayer is comes from Rev. Robert Cooke's blog Neo(un)Orthodoxy...
23
Oct
Rev. Robert Cooke is the priest-in-charge of St. Mark's Anglican Church in St. John's, Newfoundland.
22 posts
23
Apr
Your Handy-Dandy Guide to Church Membership
Rev. Robert Cooke offers a reflection of his own understanding of the traditional marks of membership in the church....
27
Mar
Resurrection Stories
We are an Easter people, a resurrection community. The resurrection ought to be an ever present reality lived out in our midst and in the community around us. Today's post looks at one way of doing this....
23
Feb
A Lenten Prayer Journey: I Prayed in the Mall Today
Rev. Robert Cooke committed to pray the seven daily offices each day of Lent. How is he doing with this Lenten prayer journey?...
16
Feb
Keeping Lent
Appreciating the Lenten season is not always easy. In Today's post, Rev. Robert Cooke shows us why we need Lent....
10
Feb
Mary, Resistance, Refugees and Inspiration: A (Late) Sermon for the 4th Sunday of Advent.
We marked the beginning of Lent yesterday, so why a posting which begins with talk about an Advent theme? Read on and you may well be surprised....
04
Feb
“Welcome to Worship. May we see your membership, please.”
Using an example from Mark's gospel, Rev. Robert Cooke shows that "What God values, what matters in the Kingdom is obedience, humility, compassion, sharing and forgiveness. That's what it means to belong in the Kingdom of God and it should be what it means to belong in the church."...
28
Jan
Membership Has its Privileges
Rev. Robert Cooke puts forth the case that "we need to change the conversation away from membership toward one of belonging. That is I think we need to stop asking how can we get more people to join our church or come to church, to how do we help people belong in the church."...
14
Jan
My Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an annual ecumenical celebration traditionally held from January 18 to 25. By coming together during this week, we join with the people around the world to pray for Christian unity – in worship, reflection, study, and fellowship. Anglican priest, Robert Cooke writes about his own week of prayer....
18
Dec
This Year DON’T Keep Christ in Christmas
Each Advent season leading up to Christmas I find myself reacting negatively to two opposing seasonal realities. One is a reaction against the commercialism surrounding the season, the packed malls, busy streets, and the rushed and rude behaviour ardent Christmas shoppers. The other is a reaction to the mantra that well-meaning people dust off every year as a counter to the aforementioned commercialism: Keep Christ in Christmas. I despise the former and I am growing increasingly tired of the latter. Let me explain....