Psalm 13 or “Jesus Take the Wheel”

This summer I was asked to preach on one of the Psalms at my home congregation, High River Alliance Church. I felt quite led to Psalm 13 (Psalm 10 was a close second), and tried to think about it as a song (which of course it is) expressing the deep longings and frustrations of being […]

The Politics of Evolution and Creation: A Look Back to Galileo

Back in the spring of 2009, Conservative Minister for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear, a conservative Christian, was asked by The Globe and Mail whether he believed in evolution. When he expressed reluctance to answer the question on religious grounds, then subsequently proclaimed belief in evolution (albeit unconventionally defined), critics were quick to sound the alarm. […]

Welcome to my blog (the obligatory justification post).

I’ve waited a long time before starting this blog, but I now have a bit of a plan for it, so here’s what you’ll find in the future. I’ll be using this blog as a place in which to comment on various current events (books, movies, and websites too) that have some historical angle worth […]

Travel study in 2013

I’ve just created a page on my WordPress blog about travel study in 2013. Here’s what I have in mind so far: Fly to Paris, with three or four days to tour the city, visit the Louvre Museum and the Notre Dame Catherdral, and make day trips to Versailles and perhaps Rheims or Amiens, where […]