David Ewart

More Than The Eye Can See

Based on a Sermon Delivered October 13, 2007
in Memory of My Mother-in-Law,
Marion Isobel Ross (nee MacGibbon), 1926 - 2007

The Rev. David Ewart

To begin, I want to say at the outset that I have a rather simple belief that there is more to life than meets the eye. More to reality than meets the eye. And when I say, “more to life than meets the eye,” I don’t simply mean there are also our hopes, dreams, beliefs, memories, and imaginations – though of course all of these exist and are more than the eye can see. But these are all mental activities that exist only inside our heads. What I mean is that I believe that that there are real things outside of us; real things that are more than the eye can see.

New Articles, Podcasts, Etc.

I've been active on other blogs that I maintain, and so have been neglectful of this one :-(

However, all that has changed today with a few new items. I have added two new articles onto my Leadership page. One by Anthony Robinson, is a review of 5 recent books on the theme of Christian discipleship. Anthony is a wonderful source of ideas for bringing new life to mainstream protestant denominations. Highly recommended. Check out www.columbialeadershipnetwork.org. The other is a review of The Starfish and the Spider, a book that describes the pluses of decentralized, highly resilient organizations. Helpful.

I also recommend God Is Not Great - book review from the Christian Century's September 18, 2007 issue. A helpful discussion of a very popular attack on all things religious.

My colleague, Bruce Sanguin, www.brucesanguin.com, has a great new book out, Darwin, Divinity, and the Dance of the Cosmos. He was interviewed October 2, 2007 on the CBC program, Tapestry. Click here to download an MP3 file of the 25 minute interview, or go to CBC Past Podcasts and scroll down to "Tapestry" and click on the link to locate the interview with Bruce.

And while I'm on the subject of wonderful, amazing colleagues (and this is NOT the complete list), check out Anna Christie's great blog on leadership and her book, Evoking Change. There are lots of great resources that describe the type of churches we all want to be part of, (search amazon.com for books on healthy congregations or discipleship, for example), but Anna helpfully describes the attributes / qualities / behaviours / habits / attitudes of being a leader in a change process.