Psalm 23 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.2 He makes me lie down in green pastures;he leads me beside still waters;3 he restores my soul.He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil,for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. 5 You prepareContinue reading “Finding God Between the He and the You: Reflections on Psalm 23”
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Thoughts on Politics, the Cynics, and the Winnipeg Election
I hate politics Or perhaps better put, I don’t believe in politics. What do I mean by that statement? First off, the reason why I feel compelled to make that statement in this moment right now? That’s an easy one to answer: it’s a civic election year here in Winnipeg, which means the welcome matContinue reading “Thoughts on Politics, the Cynics, and the Winnipeg Election”
Can We Define a Sexless World? Notes on Camp Miasma and Millenials
“Whats it like?”“Losing your virginity?” “No, dying.” Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, as it turns out, is about as strange a film as it was finding myself watching it with an audience of approx 10 middle aged men. Was this normal? In the scope of the film, maybe. In the context of the filmsContinue reading “Can We Define a Sexless World? Notes on Camp Miasma and Millenials”
The Lost Garden: A Novel by Helen Humphreys and Thoughts on Love and Longing
My wife Jen and I were out exploring Winnipeg’s Little Italy neighborhood on what has been dubbed Open Corydon Sunday’s, a day where they block the stretch of street off from traffic and open it up for patios and play. During out time we ended up grabbing a coffee and a slice of cake fromContinue reading “The Lost Garden: A Novel by Helen Humphreys and Thoughts on Love and Longing”
Archeaology, John and Paul in Harmony: Two Books, Two Scholars, Fresh Thoughts, and New Scholarly Directions
The other day I posted about how I am enjoying the resurgance in interest in Johannine studies as of late. Two recent books I’ve been reading to this end: Paul N Anderson’s Archaeology, Jesus, and the Gospel of John: What Recent Discvories Show Us,” and Michael J. Gorman’s Paul and John in Harmony: A TheologicalContinue reading “Archeaology, John and Paul in Harmony: Two Books, Two Scholars, Fresh Thoughts, and New Scholarly Directions”
How An Unhealthy Obsession With Healthy Eating Nearly Destroyed, And Eventually Saved, My Life: My Journey With Orthorexia
Sure, technically speaking its not an actual disorder, but orthorexia, defined as an unheatlhy obsession with healthy eating, is in fact a real and recognizable thing. The day I discovered I had this disorder was a monumental one in my own life. Truth be told, it wasn’t just “a problem,” it was actively destroying me.Continue reading “How An Unhealthy Obsession With Healthy Eating Nearly Destroyed, And Eventually Saved, My Life: My Journey With Orthorexia”
Understanding The Story of Our Lives: Having a Productive Conversation With Social Media By Way Of Kathryn Morton
We’ve internalized what the algorithm favours. (We’ve bought into the idea) “that we are the authors of our own lives… Redemptive narratives have power…. Baked into the story of individual triumph and redemption is the assumption that people can and will change when things aren’t working for them. The arc of success presumes that asContinue reading “Understanding The Story of Our Lives: Having a Productive Conversation With Social Media By Way Of Kathryn Morton”
Learning How To Age In a World That No Longer Makes Sense: What It Means To Similtaneously Grieve and Preserve That Which Is Lost
My wife (Jen) and I recently visited The Seine River Cafe for breakfast, a quiet, unassuming store front diner tucked in behind a Shell station and a Dairy Queen on Provencher, the central route winding its way through Winnipeg’s French district. It had been on my list of restaurants to visit for a while, beingContinue reading “Learning How To Age In a World That No Longer Makes Sense: What It Means To Similtaneously Grieve and Preserve That Which Is Lost”
When Cleaning the Basement Unearths The Remnants of a Potential Story Now Lost to Time
Every once in a while I unearth something from my childhood years that I forgot existed. I have no idea where this small remnant of a story was going, but it’s something I was starting to write back when, my best guess, I was around 10 or 12 years old. Figured I’d type it outContinue reading “When Cleaning the Basement Unearths The Remnants of a Potential Story Now Lost to Time”
This Homeward Ache: How Our Longings Reveal the Shape This World, and How Our Beliefs Shape Our Hope In It
“Even when there is no hope of possible satisfaction, (it) continues to be prized, and even to be preferred to anything else in the world, by those who have once felt it.”(page 57, This Homeward Ache)) The “it” in this equation is Sehnsucht. Sehnsucht, a German word that Lewis cites in his autobiography as aContinue reading “This Homeward Ache: How Our Longings Reveal the Shape This World, and How Our Beliefs Shape Our Hope In It”
