I’ve been trying to read a few books recently. Some of them are related to a sermon series I’ve been preaching through on “The Church”. Some of them are books that I’ve been thinking about reading for a while. While I don’t have the time or energy to do full book reviews, I thought I’d [...]
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Simplicity, Emergence and the Church: Thoughts On Three Books
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Secret to Life
Posted in Uncategorized on October 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A comic posted by Bill Kinnon got me thinking. I’ve included the comic at the bottom of this post. Enjoy!
In a classic scene from the movie City Slickers Billy Crystal’s character, Mitch, finds out a bit about the secret of life from Curly, the old, leathered cowboy.
Curly: Do you know what the secret of life [...]
Tribes, Leadership and Changing the World
Posted in Uncategorized on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ve come to really enjoy many of the talks on TED. Often they represent a world view that I don’t hold, however much of what is presented reaks of brilliance. I enjoy putting myself in places where I am the dumbest person in the room because it will make me smarter and better. That’s what [...]
An Offer of Assistance To Our American Neighbours
Posted in Uncategorized on September 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been watching a bit of the health care reform debate in the United States. Here we have a country where a significant portion of the poorest of its inhabitants have access to very inadequate or no health care. The care they do get drives them into a poorer and poorer state, thus fueling the [...]
Being Right Is No Excuse
Posted in Uncategorized on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
This past week two very shocking, very public incidents involving have sparked a flurry of media attention and global commentary.
The first occurred on Saturday, September 12. Defending US Open tennis women’s champion, Serena Williams was called for a foot falled at a crucial point in the second set of an epic semi-final battle. After thinking [...]
Skye Jethani From The Nines
Posted in Uncategorized on September 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Nines leadership webcast (or whatever they called it) was last week. I just now got around to watching Skye Jethani’s video from this event. Awesome stuff.
2016 Olympic Bids
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Over at Skyebox, Skye Jethani is working through a series of posts about the bids for the 2016 Olympic Games. I’m a big fan of the Olympics, but have never paid much attention to the bidding process. It’s kind of fun to read his analysis of the different components of the bid. His ties to [...]
Living As Christians In A De-Christianed World
Posted in Uncategorized on September 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve started a blog over at www.riversidechurch.ca that is written specifically to my local church community. Sometimes there will be things there that might be of broader interest so I’ll be parallel posting them over here. This is one such post. Let me know what you think!
In our adult Bible Learning Time on Sunday morning [...]
Memories Served On Toast
Posted in Uncategorized on August 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Rarely do emotions get the best of me while I’m making breakfast. This morning was the exception. You know how every once in a while a combination of sight and smell will take you back to a place from your past. This morning the combination of CheezeWhiz, butter and toast did just that.
When I was [...]
Surprising Affirmation
Posted in Uncategorized on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Since I mentioned the potentially difficult meeting in a previous post, I feel the need to update those who may be wondering how it went. Situations like this can generally go a) better than expected, b) as well as expected, c) as poorly as expected or d) worse than expected. This meeting transcended those categories. [...]
