Saturday, 30 December 2006 by Paul Dubuc.

Some very nice people at Bethel Church are working on an Advent devotional calendar for 2007 and asked me to write something for one of the days. This reflection on what was probably the saddest, and best, Christmas that I have ever had is my contribution. I’m looking forward to seeing what the others have written.

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Thursday, 21 December 2006 by Paul Dubuc.

I missed its first airing on PBS so, at my brother’s suggestion, I recently checked out a video tape of the Frontline special “Faith and Doubt at Ground Zero” from the public library and watched it. I’ve seen other programs related to the events of 11 September 2001, but this one is particularly interesting to me because it deals with the role that religion played in those events and in the lives of those who were most effected by them. Questions that many Americans considered abstract, theoretical or of little relevance suddenly became very real and important on that day. This presentation is very well done and is worth watching and thinking about. So I’ve been thinking about it since watching it. I’ve thought quite a bit about the questions it raises before that Sept. 11 and in the years since. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tuesday, 19 December 2006 by Paul Dubuc.

There’s nothing quite like the feeling that goes with sending your last paper off in e-mail and saying, “I’m done” with another quarter at Ashland Seminary. That was early Friday morning for me. I was exhausted. I’ve finished two more courses in my seminary education, both very interesting and challenging.
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