The Present State of Affairs

I thought I would share a short update on what is going on these days with me. I am currently living in Edmonton at Uncle Doug and Auntie Judy's place. I am unemployed for the time being, with no job interviews yet, or really any sign of employment. Two weeks ago I applied to 6 portering jobs with Alberta Health Services, with no response to any of them.

Sermonizing - Part III

Good morning sir. My name’s Jonathan Herbert and I’m from the church down the street. Do you ever think about religion? Oh, very good. Have you ever considered Christianity? No? Well, let me tell you a list of benefits...God’s promised us three main things. God promises to save us from our sinfulness, to restore our relationship with Himself, and to bring suffering and hardships upon your head...wait a minute...what? Is that how we evangelize? No, but maybe it should be. Suffering is something that God has promised to His people this whole way.

Technology's Dark Side

My most recent post addressed a problem that I see in our modern culture, the problem of knowing about many people, while truly "knowing" few of them. That was the beginning of my thoughts on how we as a culture have been negatively affected by technology and social media. This is a continuation, although surely not the end of it.

Stalker Culture

"Collecting information about someone is not the same as knowing a person. Stalkers are ordinary people who study from afar the people they're too afraid to really know." (Bob Goff, Love Does, 202.)

Summer of '13

I can't believe that the calendar has already turned over to September. As I was running the other night, I realized that we're getting to the end of summer. The sun wasn't has hot as it was in July, and there's an expectancy in the air. The fields are turning gold in the sun, and harvest-time is kicking into gear. I then thought back to the past two months of my life, and realized that the summer I've been through has probably been the best of my life. I don't know if they get better than the one I just experienced. These are some reflections on this summer past

Shame

The topic of shame is one that has been on my mind a lot over the past couple of months, and I thought I would share some of my thoughts. This is a transcript of my grad testimony at PRBI...and I will add some more thoughts later in another post.

Reflecting on 2012

It seems to me that the new year season is an excellent time to look back on the past year...to reflect on its achievements, on its disappointments, and on how God has been shaping me into the likeness of His son. There have been all of these in the past 12 months. This list will have all of the above interspersed within.