How My Neighbourhood Saved Me!

Jul 21, 2015 | Articles

I love my hood of Bowness, and there is no other place I would rather live in our city of Calgary. It is a quircky and eclectic place where the rich and the poor live in close proximity to each other. It is a place of beauty, generosity, and diversity. No two houses...

Two Parades. The Lie of Sacred Violence.

Feb 25, 2015 | Articles, Church

It was the beginning of Passover as Jesus and his friends headed to Jerusalem for the to celebrate Israel’s liberation from Egypt.  Word spread that He was on His way to the city. People ran out to meet this Jesus who was taking the land by storm, with his...

Replacing the ‘Build it and they will come’ Mantra

Jan 31, 2015 | Articles, Church

It wasn’t too long ago when many believed in the effectiveness of the church planting mantra,”build it and they will come”. The essential formula worked like this: send out the brave Lone Ranger church planter into a particular city or neighborhood...

5 Trending Themes for 2015: Join A Movement!

Jan 28, 2015 | Articles

I’m a guy who likes to sift through all the information we get thrown at us everyday, and distill things down to a few key ideas that are like signposts pointing me in the right direction for how I should spend my time, energy, and money. These themes have...

Our Queens of Old

Oct 20, 2014 | Articles

Our Queens of Old. Not only because I am a woman myself, but also because their legacy has so much power that is often overlooked, the stories in the bible about females are some of my favourite to read. How is it that for centuries the power that arises from their...

Faith and Wonder

Aug 25, 2014 | Articles

An often overlooked aspect of faith is wonder.   When we talk about wonder we are thinking specifically about three postures; standing in disbelief, standing in the question itself and standing in awe or amazement of something. Wonder positions us to be open...