“One way to inoculate ourselves against part of worship’s power is to think of going to church in superstitious terms, as if we are hedging our bets with God. If we participate in worship and…
I’ve been wrestling with the idea of faith a lot lately. For some, faith is aligned with some sort of God of the Gaps explanation where you only need it whenever you can’t explain something…
Here is a little thing I wrote to give some context in why we would run a conference like this in the first place. Update: This conference happened and it was a great time! You…
Light, I'll Call Your Name Out Darkness by Grey Kingdom Sometimes I listen to an album for the first time and I know it’s going to get played a lot. That is the case with…
Two common atheists rebuttals or arguments are: 1. You can be good without God 2. Look at all the evil religion does in the world If one believed both those statements completely it isn’t hard…
In my lifetime, I tend to have a lot of spiritual conversations with people that I’ve never met. I get pegged as the pastor or religious guy and then end up talking about some pretty…
I often hear two things about complexity and simplicity repeated over and over again. 1. We should strive for simplicity in our lives 2. The more we know the more grey everything becomes and the…
Because of my Street Preacher Survival Guide I was asked onto Moody Radio’s radio program called Up for Debate. My first debate and first time being interviewed like this on a radio program. There would…
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…