The Intersection of Faith and Culture
I have spent all but one month in 2013 abroad. It has been the longest I have ever been outside Canada. I have loved my time away, but I have learned one important thing: I miss Canada. I miss the courteous people, the abounding forests, the freshwater lakes, and the […]
Last week I ran into a girl who I went to school with awhile back. She only noticed me because she’s friends with a friend and awkwardly gave me a secondary invite to something I never really cared to go to. She smiled, the biggest smile, and with vacant eyes […]
Salomon Ligthelm is a filmmaker and creative director at Hillsong Church. How did you know making your creative passion your profession was the right thing to do? I just went for it. I had parents who were extremely open with us kids. They wanted us to do the things we […]
Last week, filmmaker Casey Neistat released a video showing how he put $25,000 of movie studio marketing money into a relief campaign for Typhoon Haiyan victims. My cynicism is so firmly ingrained that when I see something nice, something proactive, something that might even be called “good works,” I feel […]
In the summertime, kids run around in the sun, giggling. No one notices if they wear the same pair of shorts every day. They meet the other kids in the townhouse complex and they play until dark. They frolic and shriek through sprinklers on the lawn. The cold water in […]
December, or my life for that matter, has turned into one big waiting game. I laugh at the irony of how this frustration and anxiety that accompanies waiting fits perfectly within the season of Advent. Waiting. Watching. Hoping. I wait for phone calls from potential employers as I begin to […]
