Here's an OPED I wrote for the Calgary Herald last weekend: As I was driving downtown to pick my son up from his day program, I stopped at a light and noticed a brand-new Calgary Fire Department vehicle idling beside me. Having just paid my property taxes the day before I imagined what part of that vehicle I paid for—a hinge on the side door? A nut on one of the tires? Or maybe some unseen part the ignition system? For a few seconds I felt thankful for this crucial city service that brings...

"All that is unique and holy about our human nature can bring perspective to our AI-hyped world." Here's an article I wrote for the Calgary Herald... I was comforted by an article I’d recently read that laid out the shortfalls of artificial intelligence (AI). In it, the authors push back on the claim that AI has now met the level of general human intelligence —what AI proponents call Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The article argues that the limited range of AI intelligence cannot...

...for my new book that is coming out this October! Here's the final cover design (along with back cover words below) for my upcoming book on the parable of life with Edward. We're elated that Herald Press chose Edward's art for the cover! DISCOVER GOD’S KINGDOM IN THE SACRED SPACE OF CAREGIVING In this intimate portrait of parenthood, a driven father discovers the life-transforming presence of God through his relationship with his son Edward, a young man with Down syndrome who is also...