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Here's an OPED I wrote for the Calgary Herald that tries to suss out some of what God might be saying to us in such a time as this. And here's a link to a se...

Here's an OPED I wrote for the Calgary Herald (after they asked if I'd be willing to address the topic of cannabis use... representing all religions... yep).

7. An Immune System that Works - Two days ago I was standing in the pain-killer aisle of my local food store staring at an empty shelf where the ibuprofen us...

On the past two Sundays I preached on the Parable of the Sower and on the Vine and the Branches. For both of these messages I relied heavily on science (on w...

A few days ago I wrote about the providential way God brought musician Dan Lee to our new church. As Dan's story was playing out God was also inviting Michel...

Two years ago I preached at an Ambrose University chapel. The music that day was very well done. So much so, that after the service I went up to the young wo...

I've never been good at trusting others. I'm guarded and fearful. I hold back and maintain control. In order to matter I perform. Way too often I wait for th...

This morning I was reading the story of Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dreams. Like all of Joseph's story it's saturated with providence. God saves Egypt thro...

Twenty years ago my grandfather gave me the bible he was given when he left the Netherlands to immigrate to Canada. This bible was given to him by a group of...

It looks like my 2-1/2 year vocational walkabout it about to end. I've just accepted a call to pastor a small RCA church in Calgary's Marda Loop neighbourhoo...

This talk was given at Ambrose University and explores a few of the ways scientists image the empirical mind of God (and how we can know God more through how...

Here's a faith and science piece I wrote for the Calgary Herald.

"I walk in the world to love it." Mary Oliver, Long Life Reading Mary Oliver is good for my soul. She stops me. When that happens I am clear, present and tot...

Over the past six weeks I've spoken to five people, on five separate occasions, about my recent bout of panic attacks. After hearing me out, each opened up a...

In his Confessions Augustine wrote: “I can experience far more than I can understand about the Trinity.” I suppose you could say this about any facet of God'...

During a talk for Biologos about the relationship between faith and science, Dr. Richard Mouw tells a compelling story that was first told to him by a Russia...

Here's an oped I wrote for the Calgary Herald (that's drawing a lot of vitriol from Christians)

Over the past year I have been a part of a monthly conversation with a group of Faith and Vocation leaders from across North America. Recently I had the priv...

Here's a link to an opinion editorial I wrote for the Calgary Herald on my upcoming Faith and Work lectures at the New Central Library. And an Ambrose Univer...

I love those moments where God's truth in one place resonates with God's truth in another. This time the connections were myriad! I was reading Helen Maryles...