On the past two Sundays I preached on the Parable of the Sower and on the Vine and the Branches. For both of these messages I relied...

A few days ago I wrote about the providential way God brought musician Dan Lee to our new church. As Dan's story was playing out God was...

Two years ago I preached at an Ambrose University chapel. The music that day was very well done. So much so, that after the service I...

I've never been good at trusting others. I'm guarded and fearful. I hold back and maintain control. In order to matter I perform. Way too...

This morning I was reading the story of Joseph interpreting Pharaoh's dreams. Like all of Joseph's story it's saturated with providence....

Twenty years ago my grandfather gave me the bible he was given when he left the Netherlands to immigrate to Canada. This bible was given...

It looks like my 2-1/2 year vocational walkabout it about to end. I've just accepted a call to pastor a small RCA church in Calgary's...

This talk was given at Ambrose University and explores a few of the ways scientists image the empirical mind of God (and how we can know...

Here's a faith and science piece I wrote for the Calgary Herald.

"I walk in the world to love it." Mary Oliver, Long Life Reading Mary Oliver is good for my soul. She stops me. When that happens I am...

Over the past six weeks I've spoken to five people, on five separate occasions, about my recent bout of panic attacks. After hearing me...

In his Confessions Augustine wrote: “I can experience far more than I can understand about the Trinity.” I suppose you could say this...

During a talk for Biologos about the relationship between faith and science, Dr. Richard Mouw tells a compelling story that was first...

Here's an oped I wrote for the Calgary Herald (that's drawing a lot of vitriol from Christians)

Over the past year I have been a part of a monthly conversation with a group of Faith and Vocation leaders from across North America....

Here's a link to an opinion editorial I wrote for the Calgary Herald on my upcoming Faith and Work lectures at the New Central Library....

I love those moments where God's truth in one place resonates with God's truth in another. This time the connections were myriad! I was...

Walking to the hot tub at Killarney pool yesterday I heard a voice from the diving pool call out my name. The moment I heard the thick...

Reading about the Jerusalem Council debate in Acts 15 (where some Jewish Christians wanted to apply an old Hebrew law to the lives of new...

I love the way the Apostle John ends his gospel: "Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose...