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Remember that book that I wrote a small chapter in? Aaron Nee made this great video promoting it. Pretty sweet.

Since being to university I have been able to hold two completely contradictory thoughts in my head at the same time and not go insane. To many, that sentence probably sounds insane. Here is what I have noticed though. On paper, by choice and by my life lived I am a Free Methodist (FM), a

Just finished writing this post over on Linking Life.  I’m having an extremely frustrating experience with Acer right now where I am 6 months in, shipped my computer to them four times and I am still without a replacement or a refund.  Read the full post here and why Acer is being horrible and let

In being downtown Sarnia we have always said we never wanted to have an agenda. The idea stemmed from hardcore, door-to-door sales pitches for religious beliefs that we wanted to stay away from. Missionary dating, evangelism surveys, salvation cards, invite your friends to church for a chance to win a stereo Sundays and witnessing in

The following is a conversation that happened on my Facebook Wall a few weeks ago. Ralph is a worship pastor at the large Baptist church in Sarnia, and we tend to go back and forth quite a bit on theological conversations but never really land on any kind of common ground. We both have our

I am learning the art of attacking systems. I don’t want to just point them out and walk around with a sign that makes catchy insults about them. I don’t want to just blog about them. I want to shape my entire life that faces into corrupt empires and oppressive systems and refuses to back

It’s good when people try their best to redeem our consistent need to have the best brands.  Brands drive me nuts.  So crazy that I have gone out of my way to not buy things that I see advertised and make sure I wear clothes with no visible label.  I got tired of paying to

I have read quite a bit on pornography and “every man’s battle” with it over my time working with the church.  There is everything from Every Man’s Battle to youth curriculum for dealing with pornography, masturbation, adolescence and sex.  These are all good resources depending on where you are coming from and who you are. 

There is a good chance that I have fallen in love with someone that is not my wife.  His name is Robert Capon.  I just can’t get enough of his writing style, content, beauty and wit.  This is taken from The Third Peacock. “The church has always had a problem of explaining its relationship to

I’ve been tossing around the idea for a while now of starting up a blog where I could write about anything I was feeling, reading or experiencing that day.  For those that know me, I think about a lot of things and I have a lot of ideas.  Based on a True Story has its

As I get older and am around more people that are established in their routines I find that everything we do somehow first involves an exchange of money; especially when we desire pleasure. As a child you find pleasure in be tickled, chasing a bug around the house or playing hide and go seek. Now

I grew up in a Pentecostal Church, and interned at a Baptist church. Altar calls were the epitome of the Sunday worship service. After the pastor would finish his sermon, he would give the 4-5 step salvation message and then ask if anyone in the congregation wanted to accept Jesus into their heart so they

JR Woodward asked me to write for a blog series he was doing on Gospel in local context during Easter last year.  So my local context was Sarnia.  I wrote this article (read full article here).   There was a someone writing every day over Lent.  He has compiled all the articles into a book and

We announced the Eighth Letter conference yesterday and have let out tickets sales for only $50 for 24 hours, there is only a few hours left.  They will be $150 a piece at the door.  It is two days, October 1-2, 2010, at St Paul’s downtown Toronto. Some of the people that are going to

I’m a fairly critical person. When I see something good or bad, I generally can see the flaws in it almost instantly. The same goes for people, systems, ideas and especially with other Christians. Having a critical attitude towards the world can be a good and proper way to interact with your surroundings. It keeps

Anyone seen this yet?  I was a big fan of Nooma films, and Rob mentioned that he’s working on a new project and a new way to do films and get them into people’s hands.  I hope this isn’t it.  The message was good but it got lost in the onslaught of amateur After Effects

Today I want to start the message by explaining a crucial theology for how we see ourselves as white middle class Canadians. We are a superior race. Our skin is white and not cursed like those of a darker race. Therefore those of a darker race are subject to our will, they are built to

If it wasn’t Mark Driscoll, I would have thought it was a joke.  I feel like I’m back in my old church being told that Harry Potter was evil, Lord of the Rings was satanic and don’t get them started on the genie from Aladin or Pokemon. Really Mark, really? Is all Avatar was to

Since the Olympics have started I have found myself in numerous conversations, ones that four years ago I wouldn’t have even dreamed about having.  Olympics being harmful?  Wrong even?  I thought it was simply harmless athletic contests.  Yet now it seems that there is more that meets the eye to these games.  I have friends

Update: On further reflection and conversation with some of the comments below (Matt, Andrew and Dom) I realized that the title of this post does not really reflect my intention nor the content of this post.  I wrote the title, before I wrote the post.  Goes to show how quickly I change my mind because