In and Out

This summer has been a whirlwind of traveling and crisscrossing the country. After staying in Calgary for support, we headed out to BC for staff training (phenomenal!) and a conference (great speakers) and then heading back to home.

Now, we prepare to head out to Toronto for a friend's wedding and have a driving vacation to Vancouver with some friends. Crazy - but I'm really looking towards it.

One of the things I learned on this past trip was the importance on defining what following Jesus really means. There seems to be a movement in Christianity where Christians are trying to be culturally relevant but along the way, their view of God and Scriptures are being lowered and they inch along to liberalism.

Mark Driscoll, our speaker at conference, rightly pointed out that we can not let culture influence our theology, but at the same time interact with culture so that we are relevant. We need the open hand - closed hand approach. We need to discern what we can let go and what we can't change in terms of our view of Jesus, the Trinity, Scripture and other tenets of faith.

More on this later...

My Wife Knows All the Songs on Radio

At least on LITE 96 in Calgary. It amazes me that she can just pick up a tune and remember it. I don't have that kind of memory. However, I do have a memory when it comes to playing video games.

Recently, I played Super Mario Bros. 3 with a co-worker and it was amazing how we could remember where the 1UPs were and the secret rooms to pick up flutes, hammers and other goodies that help Mario rescue Princess Peach. Why can't I remember Bible verses and where I put my headphones?

I guess there is such thing as selective memory...

Car Sightings

It has been one year since I have been back to my hometown Calgary, but I can see how much one year and a robust economy can change a city. Just being back for 3 days, I have seen 3 different Corvettes and 2 different Mazda RX8s (not to mention other nice cars - but they didn't stand out as much as these ones). Crazy.