The Gospel of Stranger Things

I discovered a Netflix show called Stranger Things  earlier this summer.  Everybody else probably watched it when it dropped last fall. Either that, or you have no plans to watch it at all, so I am probably safe talking about it, but if you haven’t caught it and are planning to watch it, here are …

The Cost of Free Speech

I saw something on my news feed last week (Twitter feed to be exact) that I didn’t know still existed. On Sunday, July 9th, The Klu Klux Klan held a rally to protest the removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee from

X-Men and Eschatology

(By the way, Eschatology is the study of the last days.) Spoiler Alert! Read no further if you were planning to watch Days of Future Past and haven't gotten around to it yet! In the most recent X-men movie, Days of Future Past, things are not going well for our mutant heroes.  The movie begins …

Keep Dreaming Chewie

Me and the boys went to see the "Star Wars Identity" exhibit at the Aeronautics and Space Museum in Ottawa last week.  It was 2 1/2 hours of awesomeness.  We had a blast.  Julie was a trooper (not a storm trooper but she was willing to play along).  There were lots of practical life lessons …

Being an Agent of Hope

I read sobering article in the Globe today by Richard Wagamese.  He is a author and journalist who was born and raised a member of the Wabasseemoong First Nation in Northern Ontario. He wrote in The Globe about his struggle to run  a story telling workshop for teens in a Northern BC reserve.  He found …

Living Into the Story of God

Randy Harris spoke to the Good Friday (Training For Service Day) gathering in Mississauga ON on April 6th.  Audio files for each session can be downloaded below.  Left click the link to listen to it now.  Right click the link to download the file. Session #1 Session #2 Session #3

Why I Won't Repost KONY 2012 Videos

I don't “like” Jesus on my facebook page and I don't repost clever religious quips (unless I wrote them 🙂 and here's why: Author Neil Postman warned that media (especially social media) trains us to be more and more likely to talk about issues and less and less likely to do anything about them. The …