A couple of news stories in the Star Phoenix where I was quoted. One is in regards to the Barry Hotel closure and what happened to the people that called it home (the good news is that all of them as far as I know have found new places) and the other one is in [...]
Canada
Saskatchewan Wins the 95th Grey Cup
The Saskatchewan Roughriders just won the 95th Grey Cup by beating the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 23-19 in a game that should not have been that close except for the Roughriders offense sputtered quite a bit. My favorite was when Winnipeg’s coach challenged a video replay decision. Yes, he threw his challenge flag to challenge a [...]
What If?
Cultivate Missional Living [CML] is a six month training course for people who want to learn how to engage in mission in an urban community. [CML] takes place in the Beasley neighbourhood in downtown Hamilton, Ontario – one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Canada – and is hosted by The Freeway.[CML] is supported by Allelon, [...]
Is Canada becoming a country of bigots?
Maclean’s magazine wonders… Claude Bazinet, a tall man with a wild wisp of white hair, stood on nervous legs and, to a packed room with television cameras rolling, spewed forth his feelings on the immigrants coming to his native Quebec. He spoke of Quebec’s tiny Hasidic Jewish population who have “built houses on our land” [...]
Emerging Church Documentary Tour
Nathan Colquhoun (whose blog I just bookmarked because I can never spell his last name correctly without looking it up) took some great photos of the recent emerging church documentary road trip. The details of the recent road swing are here. Technorati tags: Emerging Church Documentary, Nathan Colquhoun, Joe Manafo, Kim Reid, Resonate, photography
Getting Dirty
Pernell is talking about the Freeway and what ministry is like in one of Canada’s poorest neighborhoods Ours is not a “one-size-fits-all” neighbourhood [or church community]. On a daily basis we encounter folks who face all sorts of challenges in their lives: financial, emotional, physical, mental, spiritual, etc. Being part of The Freeway means that [...]
Brian McLaren in Ottawa
The Ottawa Citizen’s story on Brian McLaren speaking in Ottawa to the Anglican church. Can Brian McLaren heal the fractured Anglican church with a new vision of Christianity for the 21st century? The balding, bespectacled baby boomer is one of the leading lights in a new Christian movement: church without speeches, rules, robes — sometimes [...]
The Dusty Cover Used Bookstore
Jamie Arpin-Ricci and YWAM Winnipeg are launching The Dusty Cover Used Bookstore. The Dusty Cover is a non-profit used bookstore started in October 2007 in Winnipeg’s historic West End neighbourhood and is dedicated to serving and investing into our community. In addition to being a good source of used books at great prices, our comfortable [...]
Have your lawyer call me…
Article on how divorces after 30 years together are getting more and more common. Not long after the 30th wedding anniversary party, after the family photos had been thoroughly reviewed, the toasts and good wishes shared, the presents opened, the guests thanked, not long after the roses in the vase had wilted and sagged, he/she [...]
Making Saskatoon Proud!
Soldiers on the HMCS Saskatoon say cocaine use was rampant. Hern told the military court he found the ship’s crew divided into two camps: the quiet ones who didn’t use drugs and the others, described by Hern as the most senior members, that ran the ship. Way to make your home city proud! Court martials [...]
Our Generations Legacy
Glen Murray has a thoughtful piece in the Toronto Star on the controversy over Toronto firefighters and police taking the yellow ribbons off their cars. While ribbons and rubber wrist bands have been de rigueur fashion for the politically correct, most who wear them invest little more than a loonie or the risk of a [...]
