The Hidden Holy The Hidden Holy April 17, 2015 On the heels of Scrapin' the Wasteland, Stephen (my gracious host) introduced me and my... Gyres in Jordan Gyres in Jordan April 16, 2015 Jordan Ontario is nestled in the heart of Niagara's wine growing region - and thus... Cormorants at Cootes Cormorants at Cootes March 25, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8vGI6ROqmU Canada Geese Canada Geese February 17, 2015 Moving water does not readily solidify. And so even as frozen pipes fail to deliver a Caledonia... Scrapin' the Wasteland Scrapin' the Wasteland February 2, 2015 scrapin' the wasteland Earlier this year, my friend Stephen Svenson hosted "Scrapin' the Wasteland", an evening of... Institutional Memory Institutional Memory December 23, 2014 If you're familiar with Cardus, you'll have come across an issue or two of Comment... Silver Planets Silver Planets November 27, 2014 What happens when you hang your world on imagination? This past summer, Phil, Rob, Julia and... Movers and Shakers Movers and Shakers October 31, 2014 It's tempting to don a skeleton on one of the few days of the year... DEVOTIONS - Essay DEVOTIONS - Essay May 1, 2014 This Essay was first published as part of DEVOTIONS, an exhibit curated by Bryce Kanbara... The Patriarch The Patriarch December 25, 2013 Father Christmas remembers (in spite of frostbite) not to slouch in the company of guests. But stiff... Pacts and Impacts - Essay for LANDSCRAPES Pacts and Impacts - Essay for LANDSCRAPES February 8, 2013 This essay first appeared as part of my LANDSCRAPES exhibition at the you me gallery... Salvation Salvation December 24, 2012 If salvation is to rise again "in the faces of our children, and in the... if you believe... if you believe... December 18, 2012 If you believe this world is slated for destruction anyway, what motivation would you have... history and fiction history and fiction December 18, 2012 History is the fiction we invented to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that... dregs dregs December 18, 2012 In 2011 I made a Christmas card out of coffee dregs. It involved a bit... in a mechanical universe... in a mechanical universe... December 18, 2012 ...is it absurd to talk about the birth of a star, since "birth" is a... Reading Genesis Reading Genesis December 18, 2012 Reading Genesis without knowledge of ancient languages, ancient history, archaeology, and philosophy is like looking... If you were to represent God as a human, what would he look like? If you were to represent God as a human, what would he look like? December 18, 2012 The occasion for this question today is its appearance this week in a sermon at... radical redemption radical redemption December 18, 2012 Re - deem: to "deem" again e.g. I deem you worthy. I dub you friend I assign you the... whom do you love? what do you believe? whom do you love? what do you believe? December 18, 2012 Most people that I've met hold at least two kinds of commitments: commitments to people commitments to... the act of faith the act of faith December 18, 2012 Allow me to deconstruct your world for you. It will only take a second. Faith is... don't spend your life... don't spend your life... December 18, 2012 ...it's not currency what do you call a ten cent toss? what do you call a ten cent toss? December 17, 2012 paradigm shift if anything matters, everything matters if anything matters, everything matters December 17, 2012 I understand this maxim to mean that in order to rightly value my own reality,... what do you call a robotic lumberjack? what do you call a robotic lumberjack? December 17, 2012 axiomatic both, and both, and December 17, 2012 an artful journey of faith an artful journey of faith December 17, 2012 judge the cover by the book judge the cover by the book December 17, 2012 transformation transformation November 24, 2012 Not so long ago, people were displaced, families disrupted, battles fought, and arguments heated, over... pretence pretence July 3, 2012 We are all profoundly pretentious when we act as if our story of the world is... Filter - All