-Dec 3, 20113 minCon-vic-tion!I am seeing two broad and worrisome trends in the North American church today: a nitpicking, name-calling crankiness, and a...
-Oct 29, 20112 minLet Wisdom SpeakThe elders at the church where I pastor met this week for an EhD – an Elder Half Day. We hold these monthly, a 3-hour gathering for the...
-Oct 29, 20112 minThe Stories We Tell OurselvesOn a recent trip to Ireland, my host gave me a guided tour of the Belfast murals. A whole section of that city, like Chemainus, the city...
-Sep 10, 20111 minWhat I did this weekend:Here's something I built this weekend. It's yet one more bonus of living on the West Coast: all the opportunities to co-create with God....
-Jul 29, 20113 minThe Evangelical PopeJohn Stott died this week. He was 90. Stott was sometimes called “the evangelical pope.” He was a man of wisdom, depth, clarity, warmth,...
-Jul 1, 20112 minRe-creatingHolidays prove a hunch: the world runs fine without us. Our absence is at most a minor glitch in the steady functioning of the...
-Jun 20, 20112 minA Different Parable of the TalentsI only managed to watch 2 playoff games, though not the devastating finale – I was at my daughter Sarah’s school awards ceremony, which...
-Jun 11, 20113 minThings & Their DiscontentsWe are wired for attachment, and not just to others: to things. I’m sure stone-age people felt a certain nakedness – a rush of dread, a...
-May 28, 20112 minIf Worship Were HockeyNow, at the worst possible moment, I dare to utter my heresy. I’m not a hockey fan. Indeed, let me commit the ultimate hockey sacrilege:...
-May 20, 20112 minGrace AboundingI read recently a report detailing an investigation into RCMP misconduct. One finding of the investigation: the RCMP were guilty of a...
-May 13, 20112 minGood LeadersGary Nelson, former General Secretary for Canadian Baptist Ministries (our tribe) and current President of Tyndale University, told me...