Attacking Systems, Not People
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…
theStory Is On The Map For Sarnia First Fridays
We’ve been trying to get on the map for First Friday’s for over a year now. Since we’ve been downtown Sarnia, we’ve been wanting to participate and help out with everything that is going on. …
Wear Their Face On Your Heart
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…
Pornography and Following Jesus
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,…
Samuel Lukhele from Swaziland
Rachel and I spent a few weeks in Swaziland a few years ago with the Lukhele family. Samuel stole all of our hearts as soon as we met him. I wrote about some of his…
God’s on The Hook: A Sermon on God’s Speeches in the Book of Job
We’ve spent two weeks now in the Book of Job. We’ve spent some time with Job’s friends in the first week and took apart their accusations and why they would jump to such extravagant conclusions…
The Church as Sacrament by Robert Capon
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…
Introducing Linking Life
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…
Everything Belongs to Everyone
I’ve been playing around with this thought for a while. After thinking about collections and how I think that they are in many ways anti-kingdom, James sent me this quote: All of the computers on Ebay are mine. In fact,…
Let’s Not Rewrite History – A Sermon on Job’s Friends and John 9
This month is called Neighbours. The imagery we are playing with this month is the idea of different people living together, in different and unique looking homes but still being on the same street. This…
Buying Pleasure
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…
Sponsoring Children is the New Altar Call
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…
The Good News in Your Neighbourhood
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…
Eighth Letter $50 Tickets
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. …
Turning Criticism into Compassion
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…
Rob Bell’s Newest Video on the Resurrection
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. …
The Values Experiment: Sarnia First Friday Event
See More Art Installations… theStory is starting to get involved in the First Friday cultural walkabouts. It’s basically a night once a month that all the downtown storefronts stay open late and have art exhibits,…
Doubt, Journey and Dirt: A Sermon On Our Relationship to Atheism
Last week Joe shaped his message dissecting the phrase “there is probably no God, so stop worrying and enjoy your life.” He dissected the quote a little bit and helped us see what was wrong…
A Sermon on The Bible: A Jugglers Handbook
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…