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1 The beginning of the good news (Gospel) of Jesus Christ. (Mark 1:1) The beginning. The beginning of what? The beginning of the Gospel, or the good news. So what is the good news. The good news isn’t simply something Jesus says, it is something Jesus does. Something Jesus accomplishes. It is the good news ofContinue reading “The Beginning of the Good News: Learning What It Means to Both Anticipate and Participate in the Gospel of Jesus Christ”

I have three books that I am using to shape my journey through Advent this season The Grand Miracle: Daily Reflections For the Season of Advent (a collection of writings from different authors interacting with the likes of George Macdonald, Lewis, Tolkien, Sayers, Davidman) The anticipated Christ: A Journey Through Advent and Christmas (Brian Zahnd)Continue reading “Some Reflections on the First Sunday of Advent”

In his book A Philosophy of Belonging, scholar James Greenaway explores the idea of home. He notes two ways of looking at the idea of home: 1. Home as an enclosure against the world, or an enclosure in which we retreat from the world 2. Home as a threshhold into the world, or a placeContinue reading “Advent as a Philosophy of Belonging: Home as The Liminal Space Between Heaven and Earth”

“Science attacks values. Not directly, since science is no judge of them and must ignore them; but it subverts every one of the mythical ontogenies upon which the animist tradition, from the Australian aborigines to the dialectical materialists, has based morality: values, duties, rights prohibitions… True knowledge is ignorant of values, but it has toContinue reading “The Myths We Live By: Recovering the Definition of Knowledge and the Art of Reenchantment this Advent Season”

Paul Schrader’s latest film Oh Canada tells the story of a dying artist (a film Director) with a considerate legacy looking back on his life in an attempt to distguish which parts or versions of that legacy, if any, reflect the actual truth of who he is. Behind this film is Schrader’s own legacy, givingContinue reading “Oh Canada, Anemone, Sentimental Value: Exploring Themes of Legacy and Life”

I recently posted a rough draft of a personal project I have been working on for many years, which is simply an attempt to write my story. Why? For myself. So I can make sense of my story as it stands. Come to terms with it. A therapeutic exercise. In any case, I decided toContinue reading “Telling My Story: Beginning Chapters and the World We Are Born Into”

I’ve been spending so much time on my project as of late. The attempt to finally write “the story of my life,” which I’ve made a conserted effort to make some progress on in 2025. Sadly I’ve been neglecting this space because of that. Thus I figured I’d give myself a needed push and forceContinue reading “Making Sense of a Life: Forcing Myself to Finish a Longstanding Project.”

“We know how this ends. You’re going to die and so will everyone you love. And then there will be heat death. All the change in the universe will cease, the stars will die, and there’ll be nothing left of anything but infinite, dead, freezing void. Human life, in all it’s noise and hubris, willContinue reading “The Science of Storytelling: A Dialogue With Will Storr Regarding Why Stories Matter to Our Understanding of Science”

Anyone who knows me knows my deep affection for the Back To The Future franchise. Memories of my 10 year old self sitting in the back room of my dad’s small office at the corner of Redwood and Henderson in Winnipeg watching my coveted VHS copy while my dad worked. Memories of lining up outsideContinue reading “40 Years of Back to the Future: How My Favorite Childhood Film Still Resonates For My Adult Brain”

Question: When we are navigating differences in theology with fellow christians, is it ever proper to say that someone, by nature of holding to a different theological framework or idea, is standing opposed to scripture? I mean, I understand that we hold to our positions and beliefs because we see it as true. Thus itContinue reading “Navigating Theological Differences: How We Make Space For Each Other “