Shivering in the shed

Where is God when disaster strikes?


Where is God when disaster strikes?

A couple of weeks ago I talked about Christ-centred differentiation in a sermon. It’s a hard but crucial concept to understand. In fact, it’s one of the most important concepts I’ve ever learned. And no one does a better job of describing it than Edwin Friedman. Here’s how he defines it: Differentiation means the capacity…

For those who don’t follow my wife’s blog, you may not know our big news: we’ve decided to homeschool. In typical ‘Jason & Erika style’, we made a snap decision last week. It came after years of conversation about whether the public system was an ideal learning environment for our children. Last week, we knew…

Dying spruce trees: we’ve got a few of them at our house. I think it’s either a disease or lack of sunlight that’s causing them to shed their needles from the bottom up. Either way, it makes for a sad looking tree and and even sadder looking landscape. Trees, meet chainsaw. The ones covered with…
Happy Birthday to my favorite person in the whole world. No, not me; Erika. Last night we laid in bed reminiscing about when we first met. I think God had something to do with it. We were both raised by parents who spent a lot of time reminding us that we the greatest thing since…

Yesterday I participated in Emmanuel Bible College’s graduation ceremony. Since I’m an adjunct instructor I donned my black robe and red, white and gray hood, marched through the gathered crowd with the rest of the faculty, and took my place on the platform overlooking the assembly of friends, family and supporters. As I watched graduates…

I’m finished the second book. A while ago I committed myself to reading Eugene Peterson’s colossal five volume spiritual theology series. Tonight I finished Tell it Slant: a conversation on the language of Jesus in his stories and prayers. Two pages from the end my mind flipped back to my weekend experience. Here’s what happened….