Recently Netflix released a documentary titled, “The Great Hack”. It details the rise and fall of Cambridge Analytica, a company at the centre of a debate about how our online personal data can be used for purposes far beyond what we understand. It is a fascinating journey into the digital age, the shadowy world ofContinueContinue reading “The Power of Conscience”
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Why So Angry?
Do you know why supermarkets put all the things you usually buy at the back of the store and all the things you rarely buy at the front? What about why some stores don’t put mirrors in change room stalls so you can only see what the clothes look like on you while others areContinueContinue reading “Why So Angry?”
Power, Love, and Self-Discipline
For God has not given us a spirit of fear or timidity, but of power, love and self-discipline.1 Timothy 1: 7 (NLT) You sit down for a job review. Your supervisor goes over a list of nine things you do well and one thing you need to work on. Which one do you remember? WhatContinueContinue reading “Power, Love, and Self-Discipline”
The Idiot
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.” Isaiah 53:2b In his book, The Idiot, Fydor Dostoevsky asks a compelling question, “What would it look like for a truly good person to step into our world today?” Or, to put it more inContinueContinue reading “The Idiot”
At Rest
This past month has been more than a little unusual for me. It is not just the surgery – I have experienced surgery and have felt pain and navigated crutches before. And it is not just the time away – I have had breaks of similar length over the years. Instead, it is the paceContinueContinue reading “At Rest”
Floods and Fires
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.”Isaiah 43:2 I’ve been thinking a lot about these words recently. I hadn’t plannedContinueContinue reading “Floods and Fires”
Thinking of You and God Together
“I asked him, sir – ‘Shall I tell him you are praying for him?’ and he said, ‘No. I am not exactly praying for him, but I am thinking of him and God together.’” Prayer is something of a mystery to each of us. It is not so much a mystery like who built StonehengeContinueContinue reading “Thinking of You and God Together”
ADVENT IV: PRINCE OF PEACE
In this season of hope we call Advent, we will prepare ourselves for Christmas by reflecting each week on the words of the Prophet Isaiah, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the governments will be upon his shoulders,And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,Everlasting Father,ContinueContinue reading “ADVENT IV: PRINCE OF PEACE”
Advent III – Everlasting Father
In this season of hope we call Advent, we will prepare ourselves for Christmas by reflecting each week on the words of the Prophet Isaiah, For to us a child is born, to us a son is givenand the government will be on his shoulders.And he will be calledWonderful Counselor,Mighty God,Everlasting Father,Prince of Peace.”-Isaiah 9:6ContinueContinue reading “Advent III – Everlasting Father”
Advent II: Mighty God
In this season of hope we call Advent, we will prepare ourselves for Christmas by reflecting each week on the words of the Prophet Isaiah, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,ContinueContinue reading “Advent II: Mighty God”
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