Matthew 22.34-40 REB #EveningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary #dailygospels

Well, this was fun! Big thank you to my two good friends Rhea March and Rebecca Lappa for a wonderful hour of music and conversation. soundcloud.com/rhea-march/i...

‘May the LORD be a tower of strength for the oppressed, a tower of strength in time of trouble.’ Psalm 9.9 REB #EveningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary #dailypsalms

Hi Everyone. Here is my 2025 Christmas song, 'Past Three O'Clock'. According to Wikipedia, the words were written by George Ratcliffe Woodward (1848–1934) to the traditional tune 'London Waits'. www.reverbnation.com/timchesterto...

One of our more recent but already much-loved Christmas traditions is to take in @janandjon.blsky.social’s live-streamed (from the UK) Christmas gig, and today was as good as ever! Be sure to check them out on Bandcamp and buy their CDs which are excellent!

Another one for your listening pleasure. (Guitarists: it's either CGCGCE or CGCGCD, I can't remember which). www.reverbnation.com/timchesterto...

Next Tuesday December 9th, Rebecca Lappa and I will be making our annual Christmas visit to Rhea March's radio show 'It Takes a Village' on CJSR; we will be live on air from 1 - 2 pm.

‘But let justice roll down like water and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.’ Amos 5.4 NRSVUE #MorningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary

FIFA—the International Federation of Association Football—has just awarded it's first 'FIFA Peace Prize' to Donald Trump. I was already cynical about FIFA. Now I think it's just evil.

Today I have lived in Canada for fifty years; I moved here on December 5, 1975.

Looks like my kind of book.

2 Peter 3.8-9 REB #EveningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary

For your Advent listening pleasure. www.reverbnation.com/timchesterto...

‘Therefore it is said, “The blind and the lame shall not come into the house”’ (2 Samuel 5.8b, NRSVUE) ‘The blind and the lame came to Jesus in the temple, and he cured them.’ (Matthew 21.14, NRSVUE) #MorningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary #dailygospels

'...for in the tender compassion of our God the dawn from heaven will break upon us, to shine on those who live in darkness, under the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.’ Luke 1.78-79 REB #readinglukeinadvent

These days the four themes of the Sundays of Advent are usually described as hope, peace, love, and joy. But it's not long ago that the four themes were the so-called 'Four Last Things': death, judgement, heaven, and hell. Interesting. What have we gained, and what have we lost?

I also have 23 Christmas songs up on Soundcloud; these ones are for streaming only. soundcloud.com/tim-chestert...

There are twenty Christmas songs on my Reverbnation page, and each year I make them available as free downloads during Advent and Christmas. Check them out here, and help yourself to anything you like. www.reverbnation.com/timchesterton

If he doesn't understand why we're angry about a fascist thug threatening to annex our country, he's obviously too dense to be his country's ambassador.

Anyone up for this again? #adventwithluke

And back to the beginning we go. #Advent #RevisedCommonLectionary #DailyOfficeLectionary

Trump and his gang of thugs really love killing people. They are schoolyard bullies armed with the most sophisticated weaponry in the world, including nuclear launch codes.

A BC take on the MOU. open.substack.com/pub/stewartp...

Already for tomorrow! Happy New Year, fellow Advent-lovers!

‘What do you want me to do for you?’ Do we dare give Jesus an honest answer? Matthew 20.29-34 REB #MorningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary #dailygospels

Definitely going up to Audrey’s for Christmas shopping! I applaud any Canadian business that stands up against Black Friday, which is based on the date of AMERICAN Thanksgiving!

Matthew 20.25b-28 REB #MorningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary #dailygospels

'The kingdom of heaven is not come, even when God's will is our law. It is come when God's will is our will. While God's will is our law, we are but a kind of noble slaves. When his will is our will, we are free children.' George MacDonald, 'David Elginbrod'

'Finally, all of you, have unity of spirit, sympathy, love for one another, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.' 1 Peter 3.8-9 NRSVUE

Okay, so this is a different read of today's news from a writer I respect. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...

Respect. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c989384...

I'd be interested to hear what real climate scientists think of this. It seems clear to me that Carney is sidelining climate change policies. Well done Steven Guilbealt for having the integrity to resign rather than have to support this betrayal in cabinet. www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/c989384...

One of my favourite tracks from the great Nic Jones. The guitar tuning is open G but tuned down two frets (so it's CFCFAC). The song was collected by Cecil Sharp in 1904 and 1909 in Somerset, from a traditional singer named Harry Richards. youtu.be/d0_AWs-0cN4?...

Betrayal of Ms May who was given false assurances by the PM when she voted for the budget. And betrayal of people who saw Carney as committed to climate action.

And the Liberal betrayal continues. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

This agreement is full of contradictions, often in the same sentence.

A landowner who pays people who've worked one hour the same wage as people who've worked twelve hours isn't really paying a wage; he's giving a gift. The gospel isn't about what we deserve; it's about what we need. And the last will be first, and the first last. Matthew 20.1-16 REB

Happy Thanksgiving, Americans!

New book review on my blog and Substack: 'Donal Grant' by George MacDonald. tachesterton.wordpress.com/2025/11/26/2... timchesterton.substack.com/p/2025-book-...

“But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” Matthew 19.30 NRSVUE #MorningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary #dailygospels

Enjoying listening to the Tuesday night Celtic Jam at O’Byrne’s on Whyte Ave. Awesome music!

Canada should be focused on nation-building. Instead we are getting sucked into a needless pipeline war to appease Moe and Danielle Smith. If the PM tries to kill the tanker ban without consulting BC premier Eby or First Nations he will be in for the fight of his life. And he will lose.

Matthew 19.21-22 REB #MorningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary #dailygospels

Seems to me like one of the few people asking the right questions in the Canadian House of Commons right now is Elizabeth May.

Several times in the past few months @theglobeandmail.com delivery person has missed me. This morning was one such morning. I put in a request for a replacement paper at 7.30 am. Nothing happened. This week they put up the price for home delivery.

1 Peter 1.8-9 Revised English Bible #MorningPrayer #DailyOfficeLectionary

For those of you who will be thinking about Christmas music soon, here are some songs for your listening pleasure (I hope!). soundcloud.com/tim-chestert...

In 2026 we will mark the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi.

It all began 62 years ago today!