The Parable of The Couple Wanting to Get Married
I love parables. Spending 8 months in Jesus’ parables only made me love them more. I thought I would try my hand in my own. Taking a few queues from the Good Samaritan. A young…
Moon the Balloon Protest in Sarnia
Sarnia is a unique town because we are a border town to Port Huron, Michigan. So many Sarnians jump onto the Bluewater Bridges and head over for cheap shopping, concerts and to pick up EBay…
Shane and Charity’s Wedding Photos
Shane and Charity have become really close to Rachel and I over the last few years. I invited them to our wedding before Rachel even knew them because as I told Rachel, I knew we…
Blogging as A Pulpit
One of the conversations I get into quite a lot with those that are about ten years and older than myself is blogging and why I do it. Most don’t comprehend it and think that’s…
Homosexuality and the Clergy by N.T. Wright
N.T. Wright is one of my favourite theologians. He inspires a lot of my favourite authors and has gone out of his way to try and help the regular listener, like myself, understand his deep…
Homosexuality and the Church by David Fitch
Here is another needed post to this conversation. This one is by David Fitch and nails it. Thanks for writing this David. He also has another post on the topic which is a good read…
Homosexuality and the Bible by Walter Wink
I have always loved Walter Wink’s approach to controversial issues and his perspective on the world. He was my big excitement for our Amidst the Powers conference this past year. This post did not let…
Wheat and The Weeds and The Bridge of Salvation
We spent 8 months in the parables over the last months at theStory. One parables that really stuck out to me was the parable of the wheat and the weeds. This parable flies in the…
Matt & Bree Wedding Photos
I had the pleasure of doing Matt and Bree’s wedding photos last Saturday. July is a month of weddings, I’m doing three of them so I’ll be posting some highlights of the others this month…
Some More Thoughts On Homosexuality
A recent post of mine entitled The Question of Homosexuality is the Wrong Question has received quite a bit of feedback, both positive and negative. One church in the city has even read from my…
Some Posts For Bridging the Gap
I spent some time over the last week reading all the 60 or so posts for the Synchro blog. All these bloggers came together to share their thoughts on how to bridge the gap between…
The Question of Homosexuality Is the Wrong Question
Update: The exposure for this post has created quite a stir, both positive and negative, so I have written a bit more on the subject here to help clarify and explain some of this post…
Twitter Vs FriendFeed
Twitter for the most part is annoying. The last thing I want to do all day is sit in front of my computer and use one of the eight million or so add-ons/programs/features of Twitter…
Questioning the System While Being Part Of It
Doubt is kind of a terrifying thing, or at least I was told it should be. When you start to doubt things you start to relinquish control over whatever you are doubting. If you give…
Money and Why God Doesn’t Care
I’ve been finding myself getting more and more frustrated lately with how people spend their money. When I hear stories of 2 million dollar church building projects, 50 thousand dollar pothole fundraising campaigns, the 40…
Standing Up For What you Believe When You Are Part of the Problem
Geez Magazine this month was brilliant. It has hit me where I feel stuck in my faith as of late. I feel stuck because “standing up for what you believe in is awkward, especially when…
Jim Stokley, A Response to a Skeptic
Update: I really do not want this post to become a central topic surrounding the death of Jim Stokley. Jim was an important part of this city, and I hope that we can see him…
The Parable About the Building (An Original Parable)
Darryl’s been doing some writing lately. He’s written a few parables and one we thought was a perfect fit to end our 8 months series on the parables at theStory. So Joe and I took…
Photoshoot At Holmes Foundry
I went out with Troy Shantz (who is my newest friend here renting space from theStory) and Nikki Gould on a trash the dress shoot. We ended up at the old Holmes Foundry and exploring….
Invite-Only Conferences, Big Churches, Small Pay Checks and Old Cranky Men
I’m tired of big monster churches, leaders and organizations not caring about the small and insignificant. It’s everywhere. This conference has been going on in the States for the last few years. It’s called Q….