dissonance and psalm 22

dis⋅so⋅nance
- noun
1. inharmonius or harsh sound; discord; cacophony. 2. a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of unrest and needing completion.
Over the past couple of days, I had the opportunity to head into Toronto and spend some time with my good friends Chris Lewis and Jason Locke in and around [...]

the couch / water tension

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
It’s a rainy day here in Guelph, and I have spent the afternoon sitting in the back sun room with a fire burning in the wood stove reading the new Donald Miller book and listening to a Rob Bell sermon. Throw in [...]

thought on miller’s ‘million miles’

I began reading Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years last week. Lauren and I recently had the opportunity to go hear him speak at the University of Waterloo, so I already had a bit of an idea of what to expect. I am enjoying it, and wanted to share a few key [...]

mars hill sermon on the mount series

A few weeks ago, Rob Bell started a new sermon series @ Mars Hill that will move verse by verse through the Sermon on the Mount.
Here’s an excerpt from the description of the series.
[Click on the post title to go directly to the SotM page.]
Nowhere does Jesus talk more clearly about what it looks [...]

where the wild things are

Last night, we finally made our way to the cinema to see Where The Wild Things Are. I have been wanting to see this movie for months, ever since I first caught a glimpse of the trailer and began reading about the bold stance by director Spike Jonze had taken in terms of the [...]

the search for God and guiness

The subject of the adult beverage has often been quite contentious in Christian circles. In his ‘biography of the beer that changed the world‘, Stephen Mansfield addresses the topic within the context of a world wherein beer has played a prominent role and has often been embraced – in moderation – as a gift from [...]

currently reading eggers and wright

While perusing a used bookstore here in Guelph last week, my good friend Chris Lewis showed me a book by Dave Eggers, explaining to me that this particular author was tremendous and that I would find myself seeing his name everywhere. Right he was. I browsed a few titles at Indigo on Saturday, and then [...]

the aberdeen playlist

When we left Manitoba a year and a half ago, I posted a list of the albums that defined that chapter of life. Along those same lines, I thought it was only appropriate to offer up some of the tunes that were on heavy rotation over the past year.
Sufjan Stevens – Come On, Feel the [...]

something different

Lauren and I are trying something new in terms of blogging.
We have set up a new site here – totally still a work in progress, but feel free to check it out and let me know what you think.
This blog will remain for now as I consider what to do with it.
Until then, [...]

regroup

Lauren and I are officially back in Canada. The last leg of the trip did not live up to the hype. We had hoped for a triumphant four days in London as a climax to a great year in the UK. I wound up getting sick somewhere between Girona and Stanstead, and both of us [...]