The Intersection of Faith and Culture
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Psalm 34:22 “No one who takes refuge in Him will be condemned.” Some characters from the Bible are difficult to identify with. You may not feel the strongest connection to Samuel, Noah, or Job. But David is the Bible’s everyman. To the poor or the young, he is David the […]
So I’m up at Malibu Club, a Young Life camp, on the BC Coast this week, hanging with a bunch of high school kids from Arizona and Montana. One kid came up to me today and asked me to sit down with him. He mentioned that he had a hard […]
I remember the first conversation I overheard at what has since become my favourite coffee shop. It was either my first or second week in Abbotsford. I had just moved in to a basement suite in the neighbourhood and hadn’t met anyone yet. Then there they were. Three girls around […]
Pacific Theatre’s 2011-2012 season concludes with Kate Fodor’s 100 Saints You Should Know directed by Anthony Ingram. Saints is a probing and thought provoking tale of five people in search of faith and answers to poignant spiritual questions. Despite some talented acting that highlights the realism of the characters and […]
There are doubtlessly several directors capable of turning a campy long-running soap opera into a compelling two-hour movie. Alas, Tim Burton really doesn’t belong on the list. The spooky, kooky auteur may be our most successful oddball visual stylist, but as a storyteller he often tends to lose focus – […]
The human brand We like our heroes to be linear. We like to see them grow at a steady incline until they transcend all possibility of self-doubt and failure. Ideally, they’ll do more than show us the way — they’ll walk it on our behalf. And if they stumble, they’ll […]