Passing Judgement
I often cringe when people suggest that we should all stop “judging.” Sometimes my cringe is because I feel bad for the person who feels that others are passing judgement on their actions. Sometimes I cringe because I feel that the person is seeking to justify actions that are certainly not worthy of praise. Sometimes…
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I went to see Man of Steel yesterday and I found myself comparing it to The Dark Knight Rises. Both Superman and Batman are characters that originated in comic books so one would expect the stories to be equally over the top with comic book violence and destruction. Yet, somehow, The Dark Knight Rises comes…
Continue readingGrace and Works
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. Ephesians 2:8-10. In…
Continue readingTo Writers and Bloggers of This World
Writers and bloggers of this world, will you hear the words of Annie Dillard? For those who have ears to hear, this is the life. I do not so much write a book as sit up with it, as with a dying friend. During visiting hours, I enter its room with dread and sympathy for…
Continue readingDark Knight
I went to see The Dark Knight Rises1 a few nights ago. This, of course, is the most recent film adaptation of the Batman legend and although the movie has been in theatres for a while this was my first opportunity to see the picture. This blog will contain spoilers so if you have not…
Continue readingHell
In light of recent controversies about hell, I found these words by C.S. Lewis, in his book, The Great Divorce, to be rather helpful. There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, “Thy will be done,” and those to whom God says, in the end, “Thy will be…
Continue readingImmigrants
In an article in The Globe and Mail, Michael Valpy and Joe Friesen propose that it is largely the religious traditions of immigrants that are keeping our places of worship from closing. They point to the increasing secularization of native-born Canadians and contrast this with the steady faith of new immigrants to Canada. In 1985,…
Continue readingTill We Have Faces
I just finished re-reading Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis. What an amazing book! It is hard to descibe what an effect this book has on a person but let me leave you with three quotes. The sweetest thing in all my life has been the longing — to reach the Mountain, to find…
Continue readingCan Hell Burn Hot Enough?
Randy Stonehill is one of the great songwriters of our time. He is known for many of his humorous songs like “Lung Cancer,” “Great Big Stupid World,” and “Baby Hates Clowns.” But allow these lyrics to soak into your mind. Sometimes I look at the darkness of our world and I ask myself, “Can Hell…
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