The CAESURA LETTERS
Back in the day I met a guy who was planting a church in London, Ontario called Presence named James Shelley. Ever since I’ve been following his work and his brain. Lately he’s been working…
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The False Teachers: Tim Challies
Update: Challies describes what false teachers are and I’m pretty certain he fits the bill. Challies has a series right now called The False Teacher series. It’s getting quite ridiculous at this point, and it’s…
A Parable About A Rich Man And His Many Wives
There once was a rich man who would travel around his country. He would bring with him his servants and food and family and setup camp along rivers and lakes. Each night he would wander…
Why World Vision Made Two Smart Decisions
Think about it. Smart Decision #1 World Vision makes a decision to be more in line with the gospel by removing the barriers of employment of their organization. This decision basically said they recognize that…
Is God Just A Violent Partner That We Make Excuses For?
There has been lots of conversation lately in my circles about the violence in the Bible stemming from our 1 year series in 1-2 Samuel. All excellent conversation. Last night while speaking with Kevin and…
Rich People Hate Poor People Because They Hate Their Own Decisions
Every once in a while I get into these ridiculous conversations with people who tend to ramble on with their ignorant comments about poor people. You know the kind of comments. Why don’t they just…
Court Decides that Sarnia Can Shut Down Church-Run Volunteer-Supported Shelter
I received this in an e-mail from George Esser today. It really is sad that despite River City doing the right thing and improving the lives of people that a bi-law would still override compassion….
All Theology Is Relative
Here is my train of thought on this one. 1. Issues of theology – hermeneutics, interpretation, christology, ecclesiology – are all issues of faith. This means that only people who subscribe to a particular kind…
Can Our Future Really Change Even Though Our Past Cannot?
As I meet different people I am becoming more and more certain of the kind of life that I want mine to become. I am always far from being the kind of person that I…
Religion Bridges Science and Art
“If science is the commitment to know the world objectively and art the means of expressing oneself subjectively, religion was and is a bridge between subject and object, a way of making meaningful connection between…
The Moral Landscape Challenge – My Essay
This essay is in response to Sam Harris’ challenge to give reason for why I think his case for a scientific understanding of morality is mistaken. My response is broken into four arguments. Thanks to…
The Music That Inspired Me In 2013
Last year was an exciting year. We had a house show with Zackary Lucky and just finished having another house show this year with The Grey Kingdom. I posted last year about two musicians you…
Special International Support Is What Exactly?
I’m taking a free course called “The Age of Sustainable Development” with Jeffery Sachs. We are just starting. So I’ll probably post some thoughts, struggles and questions on here while I go to think out…
Violence In The Bible Forces Us To Ask Where Our Faith Lies
So we are spending a full year in 1 & 2 Samuel as a church. Very quickly the violent stories of the Hebrew Bible start coming into play. Stories like when God tells Saul to…
Why I’ll Never Act Like A Man
A response from someone who actually attended the conference. All the talks from Act Like Men? The initial idea to start a counter-conference. A Prayer that we read together. As you may know we ran…
A Prayer for “Act Like Men”
We ran a small conference on the weekend as a response to the Act Like Men conference this coming weekend. The group of 200 of us prayed this together to end. You can listen to…
When Attendance Equals Participation
Within the larger churches of North America there is the insistent need for people to feel like they are ‘doing something.’ So much that goes on in larger churches is organized and executed by a…
Robert Capon Has Passed Away
One of the most influential people in my lives has been Robert Capon. In 2010 I wrote that there was a good chance I had fallen in love with him. We tried to call him…
Should We Thank God For Anything At All?
You start to notice how people talk about God. We think god is absent when things are bad. Even Jesus did on the cross. But we instantly thank him when things are good. We thank…
Festival of Good Things
We love to run things. We also love good things. So we started a festival in Sarnia at Sarnia Bay Marina called Festival of Good Things. You can buy your tickets here. It’s all…