The Hidden Holy April 18, 2015 On the heels of Scrapin' the Wasteland, Stephen (my gracious host) introduced me and... Gyres in Jordan April 16, 2015 Jordan Ontario is nestled in the heart of Niagara's wine growing region - and... Cormorants at Cootes March 25, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8vGI6ROqmU Canada Geese February 17, 2015 Moving water does not readily solidify. And so even as frozen pipes fail to deliver... Scrapin' the Wasteland February 2, 2015 scrapin' the wasteland Earlier this year, my friend Stephen Svenson hosted "Scrapin' the Wasteland", an evening... Institutional Memory December 24, 2014 If you're familiar with Cardus, you'll have come across an issue or two of... Silver Planets November 27, 2014 What happens when you hang your world on imagination? This past summer, Phil, Rob, Julia... Movers and Shakers October 31, 2014 It's tempting to don a skeleton on one of the few days of the... DEVOTIONS - Essay May 1, 2014 This Essay was first published as part of DEVOTIONS, an exhibit curated by Bryce... The Patriarch December 26, 2013 Father Christmas remembers (in spite of frostbite) not to slouch in the company of guests. But... Pacts and Impacts - Essay for LANDSCRAPES February 8, 2013 This essay first appeared as part of my LANDSCRAPES exhibition at the you me... Salvation December 24, 2012 If salvation is to rise again "in the faces of our children, and in... if you believe... December 18, 2012 If you believe this world is slated for destruction anyway, what motivation would you... history and fiction December 18, 2012 History is the fiction we invented to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and... dregs December 18, 2012 In 2011 I made a Christmas card out of coffee dregs. It involved a... in a mechanical universe... December 18, 2012 ...is it absurd to talk about the birth of a star, since "birth" is... Reading Genesis December 18, 2012 Reading Genesis without knowledge of ancient languages, ancient history, archaeology, and philosophy is 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... radical redemption December 18, 2012 Re - deem: to "deem" again e.g. I deem you worthy. I dub you friend I assign you... 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... the act of faith December 18, 2012 Allow me to deconstruct your world for you. It will only take a second. Faith... don't spend your life... December 18, 2012 ...it's not currency what do you call a ten cent toss? December 18, 2012 paradigm shift if anything matters, everything matters December 18, 2012 I understand this maxim to mean that in order to rightly value my own... what do you call a robotic lumberjack? December 17, 2012 axiomatic both, and December 17, 2012 an artful journey of faith December 17, 2012 judge the cover by the book December 17, 2012 transformation November 24, 2012 Not so long ago, people were displaced, families disrupted, battles fought, and arguments heated,... pretence July 3, 2012 We are all profoundly pretentious when we act as if our story of the world... Filter - All