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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…

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…

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. …

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…

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. …

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…

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…

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…

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…

The Olympics have been a source of strife lately for many people. People are upset about how the Olympics are prejudice to poor people, and how they cost so much and not being a good…

The conference is coming.  It’s only a few months away.  Things are going really well this year for everything coming together.  We decided to do another commercial this year.  It’s quite a bit different from…

In warm climate countries, time is different, they don’t work on tight schedules and time frames like we do. They aren’t controlled by the clock. I had an idea of this when I was coming…

In case you missed this on my twitter, this conversation is from the US border in Buffalo on our way to Haiti. Us Border Guard: your going to haiti? Us: yes. Board Guard: you better…

I’ve been involved in an initiative here in Sarnia called Circles for the last number of months.  It has been a great experience.  It all started with a workshop I sat in called Bridges out…

Today was a big day for downtown Sarnia.  A large number of downtowners went to a council meeting where they were deciding the fate of the new Lambton Gallery project.  It’s been quite a long…

People find it odd that I’m quite passionate about what we do with our children at our church and within my community.  It’s because I don’t have any kids of my own.  It doesn’t seem…

The $100m ‘loan’ from the World Bank to Haiti could be paid off as a fraction of the banking bonuses paid in addition to enormous salaries. (ht)

I’ve done quite a bit of design for theStory and for clients lately.  I’ve also found myself in the downtown core of Sarnia for the last two years.  Manley’s recently got out of downtown; our…

I love technology and dipping my hand into whatever I can.  With the IPhone taking the mobile world by storm I just couldn’t help but try to get in on the action.  So after lots…