Labelling the Heart
The world, as in nature, is intimidated by difference, and the church feels its mission is to fix it. All must be conformed to a ‘normal’ appearance, whatever that is. Fixing differences means eliminating them rather than embracing them and being enriched by them.
Labelling the Heart
This book follows the friendship of three young people formed in seasons of warmth and ease, when life feels open and full of promise (summer). As time moves on, that bond — a quiet covenant of the heart — is carried into colder seasons, (winter) where loss, change, and disappointment test what was once taken for granted. It is a character-driven reflection on loyalty and growth, and on the cost and enduring beauty of friendship that survives winter.
A Tale of Two Fields
Within this short, reflective work the author contrasts two “fields” — symbolic landscapes representing different approaches to church life and spirituality. Through these contrasting views (institutional vs. organic, uniform vs. unique, legal vs. spiritual), he explores how faith and community can be lived authentically beyond rigid legalism, pointing toward a more dynamic, relational experience of being and belonging.
The Heart Unstructured
The Heart Unstructured is a reflective exploration of faith stripped of religious scaffolding, inviting the reader out of control, systems, and certainty into a lived, relational trust in God. It speaks to the freedom—and vulnerability—of a heart shaped not by structure, but by grace, love, and ongoing transformation.
October’s Dying
October’s Dying engages the history between Indigenous peoples and the Canadian government not as a matter of failed policy alone, but as a story of promises made and broken, dignity denied, and wounds carried across generations. Rather than simplifying or sanitizing the past, the work seeks to name it truthfully—listening carefully to Indigenous voices, honoring memory, and acknowledging the moral weight of history in Canada. This is not an attempt to resolve that history, but to reckon with it—believing that honest remembrance is the first necessary step toward anything that might one day resemble healing.
Wrappers and Revelation
Wrappers and Revelation is a theological reflection on incarnation and discernment, contrasting the outward “wrappers” of religion—law, language, structure, and performance—with the inward revelation of God in Christ. It calls the church away from substituting form for presence, urging a return to a faith centered on the living Word revealed not in appearance, but in truth, love, and transformed hearts.
January’s Child
January’s Child is a tender meditation on a child received rather than born, telling of adoption as gift, calling, and quiet miracle. Set against the austerity of winter, it reflects on belonging, chosen love, and the way new life enters not through blood or certainty, but through grace freely given.
Dale Lloyd 