The post-denominational era

I’ve been looking at statistics lately for an article I’ve been writing for a magazine coming out later this spring. According to the 2001 census reports, over a quarter million fewer Canadians identify the United Church as their denomination of choice....

What are we teaching our kids?

This is a problem… what can we do when our kids are being taught “Tired of being tied to your parent’s credit card? Tired of waiting for someone else’s permission to buy the stuff YOU want when YOU want it?” Parents, help your kids learn...

Neglect

Seems it’s been a while since I posted much of anything here… It probably has to do with the fact that I haven’t had much to say lately. Things have been going well, but I haven’t really felt the need to share a whole lot. That said, in the...

Home…

Kind of a follow up to my last post… The couple of days after taking Anna to the beach, I wondered where home is for me. Now that school is starting that’s the question everyone asks… “Where ya from?” I never know how to answer that...

What’s the date today?

Let’s see, it’s the 27th, the due date was the 17th. Still no baby… Bev is more than ready to welcome the new one into the family, but the little one has only been teasing us all weekend with lots and lots of Braxton Hicks contractions that stop as...

Snow Day

Well, it’s a snowday here. Only problem is, ANY other Wednesday would be appreciated for a snow day but this one. My afternoon was already cancelled weeks before, class was shortened tonight for the Nicholson Lectures in Homiletics and after last night was...