Finding Hope
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. There are many days when working as a chaplain is a glorious experience. Over the next month this…
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Superhero Stories
This was originally posted as a column on the Grandin Media website. This weekend, the first blockbuster movie of the summer will be released: Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War. (In case…
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An OGRE To help you grow closer to God
The Following represents my talk notes from the closing keynote talk at the Prince George Diocesan Youth Conference on April 22nd, 2018 As we come to the end of our…
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The Sign of a Hero
Superhero movies are big business these days. While it seems like the stories of comic book heroes have always made their way into theatres, the release of Batman Begins in…
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Life in Third Place
This article was originally posted in March 2018 as a column on the Grandin Media website. It explains why my column was titled “Life in Third Place” and, more importantly,…
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Living in the Word of God
When I first got started in youth ministry in the mid-nineties, we used to perform a skit called “Weez Chickens.” The basic premise of the skit was that a speaker…
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(Be)Loved by the Holy Spirit
In our look at the ways you are loved by God, we’ve seen that you are loved by a perfect Father who always wanted you here, and by His Son,…
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(Be)Loved by the Son
In the first part of this series, we took a look at what it means to be loved by our Heavenly Father. In this second post, we’re going to take…
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(Be)Loved by the Father
(This is the first of a three part reflection on what it means to be loved by God.) Being third is all about getting your priorities in line with the…
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A Good One
I’ve been married to my beautiful wife, Jennifer, for nearly twelve years now. Looking back, there are a number of moments in our relationship that terrified me: working up the…