10 days ago I attended Ignition Theatre‘s production of It’s a Wonderful Life at The Matchbox in Red Deer. The story is presented as a radio drama so the set is sparse and many of the 16 actors, one of whom is my mother, play several characters. The acting is fantastic and special mention must … [Read more…]
Yesterday morning, after hearing about Wikileaks in the news for the last few weeks, I thought I should check out the official site at wikileaks.org myself only to discover “Safari can’t find the server ‘www.wikileaks.org’.” Later, I heard on the news that “someone” is jamming the Wikileaks site. I had however found a mirror of … [Read more…]
At teacher’s conference a couple days ago, Josh McDowell said “. . . I wish those emergent post-moderns would get that through their thick skulls.”
Earlier this year, before my pastor published his book The Day Metallica Came to Church, I was invited to read through the book with the pastor and a handful of other church members. When we finished the 3 months of discussions around the book, John (the pastor/author) asked me to compose thoughtful discussion questions for … [Read more…]
Mavis Staples: “They said I was singing the Devil’s music.” Stephen Colbert: “Were you singing the Devil’s music?” MS: “I’m positive, I was not singing the Devil’s music.” SC: “Did you ever sing disco madame?” MS: “The Devil ain’t got no music!”
I’ve seen some good shows in my limited concert attending life. This one will stand forever as a great concert: The Arcade Fire at the Corral, Calgary, AB, September 26 with Calexico. Amber and I scored tickets through my friend Gary at church. They were on the floor, so I pushed for us to line … [Read more…]
The Qu’Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan was once the political centre of the province and the milieu for many of the treaties signed with First Nations in the 19th Century. The valley itself was carved out of the prairie by glacier some time back and it is made up of a string of lakes connected by … [Read more…]
Chris told me about a fascinating MTV interview (click on USA when the pop-up pops) that J.K. Rowling, the author of the Harry Potter series, did back in the fall of 2007. I’ve not read the books and I’ve not seen the films, but I have heard the North American Christian uprising against the books … [Read more…]
Since the end of January, I’ve been meeting with eight other people from my church to discuss a book my pastor wrote. His book, The Day Metallica Came to Church is being published this August and he wanted to bounce the ideas contained in it with some of the members. Topically, the book examines the … [Read more…]
Q: How does Solomon stray from God? Because of his dad David He takes lots of wives and concubines but he does not love them all equaly and that is wrong He starts walking in the opposite direction He got 1000 women to sleep with. After asking for all wisdom. Q: Who are Chemosh and … [Read more…]