Last Tuesday marked the end of this year’s Jazz Festival, and being a big jazz fan myself, it was exciting to be able to take in some of the shows. Interestingly enough, I also had the opportunity to hear Christian speaker Robert Gelinas the week before, a pastor from Colorado who calls himself the “Jazz Theologian.” His book, “Finding the Groo... read all »

As usual, the end of June and beginning of July are times for celebrations of citizenship and/or residency. And, why not? I’m happy to celebrate the freedoms, privileges and heritage afforded by this province and country, and, perhaps, to define just a little more clearly what it means to be Canadian. However, it is also prudent for us to consider that, even tho... read all »

Father. Dad. Sit with that image for a moment. Is it good? Bad? Is there anything at all? Whatever our experiences are or were with our fathers, I’d like you to note that, as high of a calling and as noble of a task as fatherhood is, our experience with our fathers is nevertheless an incomplete experience of fatherhood. Yet, we need a complete fatherhood experie... read all »

Taking a note from last Sunday’s class, I thought it would be good to explore biblical “blessedness” just a bit more – even if only for my own sake. To begin, there are a handful of meanings and situations for blessedness. Many Bible study references note, however, that the vast sense of “blessed” means simply to be happy; to a slig... read all »

As I write this, it’s only Tuesday, and so far it has not been a good week for my computers. The office computer is non-operational, and my back-up laptop seems to have contracted a virus. I’m clueless as to where the virus came from, but I’m willing to wager that the infection came as a result of my lack of virus protection software, thus leaving me... read all »