Creativity isn’t all its cracked up to be. I’ve written about this before in Innovation as Offensive Failure where my basic argument is that creativity appeals to the masses because it doesn’t require change. You…
Louis CK is my favourite comedian on a number of levels. His rants are unforgettable and face into some of the most ridiculous parts of our culture. His TV show is excellent as well. This…
I enjoy some good comedy surrounding the ideas of taking the Bible literally and the reality that we constantly make the Bible say whatever we want it to say to suit our own beliefs. This…
Story One. Gerry D came to Sarnia and did a comedy show last summer. A bunch of us went to see it, a number of us teachers who connected with him on a different level. He…
I haven’t run into too many atheists that think or admit that there are smart theists in the world. I haven’t run into too many theists that would call an atheist intelligent or thoughtful. What…
theStory is about 6 years old. It functions decently and is slowly being taken over by the community that it consists of. We no longer have a ‘senior pastor’ and the leadership team is taking…
I found this from something Mirosalv Volf shared tonight and thought it was jam packed with brilliance. It is the text of Dr. Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England and the Anglican Communion,…
We have been in a series right now entitled Results May Vary. The idea being that even as we move along in our lives and understand what our role is that the results will always…
I’ve now got a solid six years or so under my belt of preaching sermons to a pretty broad group of Christians at my home church in Sarnia. You can read all my sermons, as…
Sometimes I feel like there a choice to make between change and community. I don’t mean change ambiguously. I mean changing from good to bad, wrong to right, oppressing to liberating, lazy to productive, hateful…
Harry, I’ll be honest, I’m not really sure where you were going with your e-mail. It seemed sort of scattered and lots of vast assumptions about what I believe. Nevertheless, I’ll do my best to…
There is a lot more to go, I’ve probably lost most of my readers by now, but I think it’s important for folks (especially in Sarnia) to see the circle this is going in. There…
Nathan Thanks for email. You have given me much to respond to that I thought it best to send a portion of all I want to say.One reason for slow replies is that I type…
Harry, I’m glad we can do this on e-mail now. It was getting difficult for me to read your handwriting ;) I would like to try to keep our conversations to some order just so…
Harry (the Street Preacher) and I have officially moved to e-mail for our correspondence. Lots coming. Thanks again Nathan for your quick response. I do appreciate your response and your love and devotion to love others…
Harry, Thank-you for your response. I read your letter and I was a bit disappointed that you felt the need to compile biblical references. Not that references are bad, but rather I am trying to…
Below is the second response from the street preacher. I think by this point he’s getting a bit scattered and not able to articulate what he needs to say. What I do find most interesting…
I was happy to get a letter from Harry. To be honest, I’m disappointed at the inability of Christian leaders to carry on a conversation, be criticized and defend their beliefs in public. Generally the consensus from…
The earliest I can remember the Street Preacher downtown Sarnia was back around Halloween of 2011. We were having a pirate themed Murder Mystery Party at theStory and some friends dressed as pirates came running…
Over the last six months or so, our beautiful downtown Sarnia has been inhabited with a Street Preacher (the whole soapbox and everything) and an entourage of Street Preacher Disciples of a range of ages handing out…