I've been reading some disturbing news online lately and as some of you know if you've got me in your Facebook or Google+ feeds, I've been doing everything I can to alert as many people to this as possible.
Well, my blog is not going to turn into a place where I write about American politics or conspiracy theories (of which I don't hold to any). But as Canadian--an outsider looking in--who has gotten to live in the United States during his early formative adulthood, during 9/11 and when the [Continue reading...] Archives For opinion
I've been reading some disturbing news online lately and as some of you know if you've got me in your Facebook or Google+ feeds, I've been doing everything I can to alert as many people to this as possible.
Well, my blog is not going to turn into a place where I write about American politics or conspiracy theories (of which I don't hold to any). But as Canadian--an outsider looking in--who has gotten to live in the United States during his early formative adulthood, during 9/11 and when the [Continue reading...] 
Greetings my fellow peeps. Sorry for the lack of updates this week as I've been busy with other things, the least of which was some kind of stomach bug that kept me near-incapacitated for the last day and a half.
I figure since the end of one year or the beginning of the next is usually a good time people take stock of something, like a list of books, I thought I'd do the same. These are not listed in any particular order, nor are they in my estimation the 'best' of the year or anything, but [Continue reading...]
I know I am Canadian, and don't live in America, but the National Defense Authorization Act the US government is seeking to pass is no laughing matter, and I'm puzzled at how few of my American friends seem to really know or care that their country literally is going down the crapper and turning into such an autocratic police state. I'm nervous whenever I listen to anybody compare Obama to Hitler--when at least the latter was merely NOMINATED for his Nobel Peace Prize and didn't actually win one [Continue reading...]
Today I was going to have a Skype appointment with someone I had responded to on a Craigslist posting. The individual had been looking for a "podcast guru" to help with an article he was writing. Or something like that. At any rate, I heard back, and instead of doing e-mail tag back and forth trying to pin down times to do this interview, I used my Tungle.me account in order to show my schedule--or at least what I've allowed to be seen publicly on it. The other person can pick a time or times [Continue reading...]
For those of you who don't get why, as a missionary, I "spend so much time on the Internet" each day here's why; the last time I preached, there were probably upwards of 30 people in the room. I just checked my podcast's stats, and basically, I "preached" 1400 times in the last week--which is another reason why pastors and church leaders need to put their messages online. The majority of the people I'm saying this to, and trying to convince to use the internet more, aren't even on social media [Continue reading...]
There’s something interesting about Occupy Wall Street to me, as I look at the parallels in the church world. I’ve heard for many years about "revolution" coming but I’ve not seen it. In some circles it has fast become an overused word, which I’m hesitant to use. I'm finding more and more people tired of institutionalized religion. The same way something "broke" and the scales tipped and have led to this now global protest, I have been sensing a frustration and "something-must-break" [Continue reading...]
