Wrestling with Shifting Faith in a Restless World
I wrote a blog post for The Boost Collaborative Breakfast Club on the need to mentor youth in the spiritual discipline of deeper listening. By helping kids to want to create safer spaces and to want to listen to the people around them, we can support their efforts in navigating a increasingly polarized world filled…
We’ve all probably heard about or have had some firsthand experience with Gary Chapman’s The 5 Love Languages. Aside from our apparent addiction with personality tests and all their variants, I will agree that Chapman’s work has been helpful for many people trying to understand how to cultivate important relationships in their lives. I have…
On the one hand, having the hell scared out of me might be a very good thing. I’ve spent far too many years believing how God can’t stand to even look at me unless I have an eternal understanding of my original sin and repent of said sin. I’ve wasted a lot of time believing…
Matthew 5:43-48New American Standard Bible (NASB) 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may [a]be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun…
A few weeks ago, I wrote CONFESSIONS OF A FOOD BANK COORDINATOR It generated a lot of discussion and (mostly) positive feedback. The majority of the comments were such remarks as: “I had no idea!”, “I never really thought about what I was giving to the food bank”, or “I’ve been to food banks. I know…
Part of my day-job includes coordinating Lac La Biche’s main community food bank — The Waskaysoo Community Food Bank. We rely on food and cash donations from local citizens, businesses, corporations, churches, schools and various community groups. It takes a community to raise a food bank, and we’re grateful for the amount of local participation…
A few weeks ago, I posted: GREAT BIG NEW STEP IN MY LIFE — THE RIGHT FOOT about joining The Arcanum — an magical online platform to help me hone and develop my photography skills. Instead of being a traditional teacher/student banking method of learning, The Arcanum relies on an apprenticeship model. I’ve been matched with…
