Monthly Archives: September 2011

Just one question for the Tory leadership candidates

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Tomorrow night Alberta will have a new premier. Either Doug Horner, Alison Redford, or Gary Mar will win the second ballot in the Progressive Conservative leadership race tomorrow and, since Alberta is virtually a one-party state, will become the new … Continue reading →

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Missing Felix Hominum

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

Of all the blogs I read, Felix Hominum was far and away my favourite. I loved Joe’s ability to write about Dante and Augustine, about parenting and making a backyard skating rink, about the Scriptures and about jazz. I loved … Continue reading →

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Update on Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

Early this morning, the ACLJ received this troubling news from Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani’s attorney in Iran, Mohammad Ali Dadkhah. Mr. Dadkhah firmly denies that the court has agreed to overturn Pastor Youcef’s death sentence. He believes this is a … Continue reading →

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Please pray for Pastor Yousef Nadarkhani

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

The following article is lifted in its entirety from the website of Christian Solidarity Worldwide. Please pray. Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani has twice refused to recant his Christian faith during two court hearings held in Rasht, Gilan Province on 25 … Continue reading →

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Perspective

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

This one’s doing the rounds on Facebook right now.

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The day the sun came back, late January 1989

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

Church of the Resurrection, Holman, Northwest Territories, looking due south.

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Porcupine River at Old Crow, Yukon, September 1987

Posted on September 28, 2011 by
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Matthew 21:33-46: Initial explorations

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

I’ll probably be preaching on the gospel reading again this coming Sunday. I’ve done some preliminary study for it this afternoon, and here are some of the thoughts I’ve had. The process will continue as the week progresses… 33 (Jesus … Continue reading →

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More about world views

Posted on September 27, 2011 by

In my last post I talked about the fact that we each have a world-view, whether we know it or not, and that many of the tenets of our worldview are not in fact susceptible to what a scientist would … Continue reading →

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Religion is like a what?

Posted on September 26, 2011 by

This photograph has appeared on the Facebook pages of several of my friends in the past few days. Not exactly calculated to improve civil dialogue between religious and non-religious people, I would think. I have several comments. What is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, God, Life | 3 Comments