Please forgive my sins of omission. I haven’t posted in ages. Last weekend I managed to get 4 tickets on ebay to the Coldplay concert at GM Place here in Vancouver. I paid $215 for 4 tickers (for Ruth, myself and our two daughters) worth over $450… so I thought that was a pretty good deal. [...]
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Worship with Coldplay
Posted: June 28, 2009 in WorshipTags: Coldplay, Coldplay and Worship, Coldplay in concert, Coldplay in Vancouver, Worship, Yellow
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Forgiving Jack Bauer
Posted: June 8, 2009 in Forgiveness, TV ShowsTags: 24, 24 season 7 episode 24, Confession, Forgiveness, Jack Bauer
I just watched the final episodes of this season’s 24. I know that 24 has come in for a lot of criticism for its portrayal of torture (plus its violence etc) and I too would have significant problems with this aspect of the series. Despite this, however, I have to admit to enjoying this kind of edge-of-your-seat action and I think [...]
Theology and Evangelism: the Great Divorce?
Posted: June 2, 2009 in Theology and MissionTags: evangelism, hans boersma, Krish Kandiah, mission, regent college, Rikk Watts, Theology, theology and evangelism, Theology and Mission
Today I attended a “round table discussion” as part of the Regent College Spring School. The panel consisted of Krish Kandiah, the Executive Director of Churches in Mission of the UK Evangelical Alliance, who is teaching a Spring School course entitled, “Subzero Evangelism: Communicating the Gospel in Post-Christian Contexts.” Hans Boersma, the JI Packer Professor of [...]
More on “Hip 2B Holy” – Canadian Evangelicalism in the Media
Posted: May 29, 2009 in Evangelicalism, MediaTags: Canadian evangelicalism, canadian versus american evangelicalism, evangelicalism in the media, Hip 2B Holy
Yesterday I posted about a documentary on Global TV entitled “Hip 2B Holy”. Here is some more info. First, a summary/background video talking about the making of the documentary. What’s really interesting is the discusion about how the mainstream media views evangelicalism and vice-versa. I love the comment that a standard “media” view of an evangelical [...]
Canadian v American Evangelicals
Posted: May 28, 2009 in Evangelicalism, MediaTags: Canadian evangelicalism, canadian versus american evangelicalism
I didn’t see it… but there was a documetary on Global this past Monday called “Hip 2B Holy” by Kevin Newman looking at the growth of Canadian evangalicalism – especially among 20s-30s. You can read about it here. According to the article, compared to US evangelicals, Canadian evangelicals (especially younger Canadians): are experiencing double-digit growth are [...]
The Gospel According to Alanis Part 2
Posted: May 26, 2009 in Eschatology, MusicTags: Alanis Morissette, already but not yet, the gospel according to alanis morissette
Okay… another song from Alanis’ new(ish) album, Flavors of Entanglement, which, to me, has echoes of “the Gospel”. In Incomplete Alanis expresses a yearning for “completion” (to be at peace… to be enlightened… to be healed… to know God… to be secure… to be faith-filled… to be trusting and spacious… etc). These aspects of “completion” are very [...]
I saw this a while ago on a friend’s blog. For some reason is really appeals to my warped sense of humor. Enjoy the press conference given by the great Tom Waits…
The Gospel According to Alanis
Posted: May 12, 2009 in Music, SinTags: Alanis, Alanis Morissettte, flavors of entanglement, Sin, the gospel according to alanis morissette, underneath
For Ruth’s birthday I bought her two fairly recent albums by two highly talented Canadian female singers: Diana Krall’s samba influenced “Quite Nights” and Alanis Morissette’s ”Flavors of Entaglement”. Okay… I must admit… the Alanis Morissette buy was a bit selfish. I actually wanted to listen to it myself, but knew that Ruth would probably like as well. [...]
Lost Theology – Predestination and Freewill
Posted: May 3, 2009 in TheologyTags: Lost, Lost theology, predestinal freewill, Predestination, the gospel according to Lost
So… LOST Season 5 has just got better and better… and now only 3 episodes to go before we have to wait til Jan 2010 for the final season. What has been so amazing is the whole time travel thing along with questions of predestination, changing the past and its effect on the present and/or [...]
Preaching and Transformation
Posted: April 28, 2009 in Preaching, TransformationTags: liminality, Preaching, Transformation, Victor Turner, Walter Brueggemann
I guess I have to admit to being a “recovering pastor” - perhaps suffering from all kinds of unknown post-traumatic stress which rises to the surface when I come into contact with things such as: church politics; people walking away from church because of some kind of dissatisfaction; and, the Sunday morning Church event. I’ve got lots of questions [...]
