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The CBC’s Tapestry and Our Hope for the Future of Media in Canada

The CBC’s Tapestry and Our Hope for the Future of Media in Canada

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I listened to the full CBC Tapestry interview with John Stackhouse the other day and have a few thoughts not necessarily on the content of the episode as much as the hope I have in Canadian media. For a public-broadcaster, it’s no secret that the CBC skews left. I do, too, but that’s not the point. Everyone/entity skews one way or the other. That’s reality. It’s the willingness to fairly represent the other that should serve as the litmus test…

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Big Trucks and the Road to Wisdom

Big Trucks and the Road to Wisdom

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Media is a tricky thing. I should say, discerning truth as the media presents it is a tricky thing. I had the fortune of teaching a course on this very topic at our community college this past fall and the two-fold conclusion I came to after all was said and done was this: Media is an inescapable, all-pervasive and completely saturated reality in our advanced, technology-dependent, capitalistic world Learning how to discern and think critically about the media we consume…

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Resisting the Visitors’ Centre for the Adventure that Waits

Resisting the Visitors’ Centre for the Adventure that Waits

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There’s a story Rhonda and I first heard while studying at Regent College in Vancouver in the summer of 2006 that has become a bit of a theme in our lives, resurfacing over and over for the past 15+ years. Any time a tough decision is pending or a dose of courage is required in the circumstance we find ourselves in, this story finds its way to the forefront of our minds, reminding us of its truthiness and giving just…

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My Church: Igniting the Flame for Mission

My Church: Igniting the Flame for Mission

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Building on last week’s post about the future of our church, I want to provide some more thoughts as to what I think might be a viable direction for our community to turn toward as we face a season of major transitions. To recap, there are a number of factors faced by our community, including—what we sense—to be a persistent exhaustion over the past few years, that doesn’t bode well for moving forward with the same model and strategy as…

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My Church: Desperate Seasons Call for Desperate Dependence

My Church: Desperate Seasons Call for Desperate Dependence

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Grassroots Church  has been our home church for the past 10 years. It has played no small role in our spiritual journeys and an integral component to our social lives, our parenting approach, the development of our worldview, our approach to social issues and so much more. Through this community’s example, we have learned what intentionality looks like and what can be accomplished when intentionality is employed by a large group of people. Over the past decade, we have been…

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