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,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…