I doubt that Haiti is on anyone’s list of vacation destinations. According to the World Bank, “Haiti continues to be the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Some social indicators are among the weakest in the world” (World Bank Haiti Country Brief). However, InterVarsity Press is running a contest in conjunction with Haiti Partners to [...]
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Canada’s Literary Community Gets Religion All Wrong
August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · General
That’s the headline of a recent opinion piece in the Globe and Mail by author David Adams Richards. [W]ithin Canada’s writing and intellectual community, many people I know will not consider the idea that skepticism toward the existence of God may not be absolutely progressive. >> Globe and Mail Opinion Piece
Take a Peek at My Library
July 8th, 2009 · No Comments · General
It’s a rainy day here in Regina so I’ve been busy updating my catalogue of library books at LibraryThing. I’ve probably catalogued less than 1/2 of my library but if you want to take a peek at some of what is in my collection, point your browser here. If you need to keep track of [...]
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A Canada Day Ex-Pat Perspective
July 1st, 2009 · No Comments · General
After the fireworks are over, point your web browser to James K.A. Smith’s Fors Clavigera blog for some reflections on Canada from an ex-pat. Smith begins with a collection of testimonies from other Canadian ex-pats in a New York Times Op-Ed piece today. Then, the Associate Professor of Philosophy at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, [...]
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Why I Teach College
June 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · General
The Discipline of Blogging
June 18th, 2009 · No Comments · General
I am re-entering the world of blogging after a lengthy hiatus. A move half-way across the country and beginning a new career ended up taking much more time and energy than I imagined. However, I want to start again because I feel that I need to develop the discipline of writing regularly. This is, in [...]
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