Pastor Dave
Cyber-Space and Inner Space
Last weekend I was invited to attend The Vancouver Symposium on Christian Education for the 21st Century, hosted at the extra-ordinarily beautiful Morris J....
Post-Election Democracy
The Federal Election is over. Canadians gave voice to their corporate will. The political landscape has been changed significantly. The NDP heads the Loyal...
Post-Election Blues
Well, the nation is singing the blues today. Last Monday, May 2nd, 2011, Canadians from coast to coast, witnessed an historic and demographic shift in our...
Political Engagement - The Cultural Imperative
Canada again is facing a pivotal point in its young history. A government will be formed within days. Advance polls are clearly stating that more Canadians are...
Canadian Politics in Crisis
For many Canadians this year’s election process has been highly disappointing. We have listened to two televised debates. We have heard the party...
Is Canada broken?
I remember hearing the story of a child staring at all the bubble gum in a broken down bubble gum machine. He had put the money his mother had given him into...
When a right is not right
One of the most protected rights in our Western Civilization is the right to the freedom of speech. The rights of freedom of speech and freedom of religion have...
Guarding over a generation’s future
Standing on guard for Canada is more than a line in a song to me. It is a lifestyle, a life calling, a mandate, as a citizen and as a Christian. As I see the...
The State of the Union in Canada
Depending upon what political camp you reside in, labour unions are either the cat’s meow or a dog’s breakfast. Depending upon what perspective you...
Despotism in Canada
Despotism is not a term widely used today. It is often applied pejoratively to a person, usually a head of state, who abuses their power and winds up oppressing...
Religion and public policy
The Encyclopedia of American Religions lists 1,600 different religious groups, with 44% of them non-Christian. Half of these have emerged and been recognized as...
Bill C-389 and Identity Politics
Well, our Canadian Parliament outdid itself again. The trans-gender community got their Valentine’s card. Thanks to our elected officials, they have succeeded...
Abstinence – Embracing Life
On January 27th, the Canadian bishops exhorted the youth of Canada to embrace the challenge of chastity by “dedicating themselves to prayer, surrounding...
Manhattan Declaration and iPhone
Just when you thought Steve Jobs was a corporate businessman with his head squarely set on his shoulders, the CEO of Apple got a kink in his neck. A few months...
Bill C-389 – Transphobia
If tenacity is a virtue, MP Bill Siksay, NDP critic for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, certainly seems to have his fair share of it. You have to...
‘Tis the season for Scrooge, Santa and the Grinch
Maybe you can remember back far enough when the celebration of Christmas was a simple thing. Besides the religious faith implications – it’s hard to get...
Gangs – Canada under siege
In the summer of 1986 I was asked to go to Lagos, Nigeria to train national church leaders. This once beautiful country was in the midst of a devastating civil...
Bill C-510: Roxanne’s Law
It seems apropos that during this Christmas season, which celebrates the birth of Christ and His escape from death at the hands of Herod, that our Canadian...
The tipsy point
I have been a pastor for 37 years now. I have seen many good people, marriages and families destroyed by the affects of alcohol. I have sat with the inebriated...
Random acts of culture
One of the videos from YouTube that is taking the culture by storm occurred a few weeks ago in a Macy’s store in Philadelphia. The Opera Company of...