Below is a rather wordy article for my denomination‘s magazine to help get people thinking outside the box in how we see the local church. Not sure if it worked but people have been saying nice things about it to my face at least For Lent this year, I decided to give up politics. In [...]
Lent
Lent
I gave up politics for Lent. So far it was easier to give up coffee. I may check myself into rehab if the withdrawal symptions don’t go away (they range from thinking about the time when Peter Lougheed visited my school Grade 3 and had to dress up for the occasion to feeling guilt over some Election [...]
Prayer
From Robert Webber Many of you know that I was diagnosed with advanced stage IV pancreatic cancer on August 25th, 2006. Many of you have been praying earnestly for my healing and sending me e-mails to encourage and support me. I have been overwhelmed by the numbers of people who have upheld me in prayer [...]
Does God Want You To Be Rich?
From Time Magazine “Prosperity” first blazed to public attention as the driveshaft in the moneymaking machine that was 1980s televangelism and faded from mainstream view with the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart scandals. But now, after some key modifications (which have inspired some to redub it Prosperity Lite), it has not only recovered but is [...]
You owe me a favor
A disturbing article in the National Post about the Liberal leadership race and the people that have lent them money to run their campaigns. The question is how beholden are they going to be to their “bankers”. I am sure the same thing happened with the Conservative Party leadership race as well. Technorati Tags [...]
Camping Mocks The Homeless
Doug Pagitt’s new blog My idea for this blog is to call out reductionistic thinking. Not only in culture and in other people, but in me. The opportunity to think in simple ways is so strong and appealing, that without the proper support I will be stuck there. This seems to be particularly important during [...]
Interviewing Daniel Miller
Today we interview Daniel Miller, artist, web designer, programmer, and no fan of the National Hockey League. He is also one of the early bloggers. First with blogspot and later at Daniel’s Journey where a variety of CMS’s have been tried and even developed there. He is also the founder of Intregration Research, a cultural [...]
Thomas Merton and his camera.
My friend Karen Neudorf sent me this wonderful quote about Thomas Merton and his photography in an essay by Esther de Waal In recent years, I’ve come to much appreciation of Thomas Merton. There is a real prophetic person. If you haven’t yet discovered Merton, you’re very lucky for great riches await you. A Trappist [...]
