I’m excited about a new product our foundation (Raise Their Voice) is now selling to help pay for school fees for children in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The breakdown: buy a doll, send a child to school for a year! Learn a bit more about the handcrafted, original dolls made by women and children [...]
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He did it again. Got me good: Our natural inclination is to be so precise—trying always to forecast accurately what will happen next—that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. We think that we must reach some predetermined goal, but that is not the nature of the spiritual life. The nature of the spiritual [...]
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George Herbert, one of the 17th century’s fine poets, came to mind today. I recalled his poem “The Altar”, an experimental and spiritually rich arrangement of words. Like Donne, who was a good friend of Herbert’s mother, Herbert played with impossibilities and surprised with metaphysical conceits. I’m pulling from my own archives some poempictures I’ve [...]
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Don’t worry. It’s not an exhaustive list. We do not have space enough or time. You ever read something and feel like everything you know or knew just doesn’t cut it? I’m motivated by a line from one of the best book’s I’ve read, during an arc in the narrative that cut through my flesh [...]
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My brother Dan encouraged me to read Isaiah 45 today. As the French say, it’s incroyable! I’m starting to whisper under my breath, and soon you might find me shouting the old classic song, “Jesus is a Waymaker.” It’s true. Say those very words out loud and you might expect to see people’s eyes roll [...]
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I’m speaking this week about Justice at the School of Biblical Worldview in Blackfalds, Alberta. Among the topics discussed, we broached yesterday on the subject of identity. Who is it that we are at the bottom of it all, when you take everything else out of the bucket? A foundational and sensational question to be [...]
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Parking travesty aside, this morning was filled with splendor. The heavy fog last night settled onto the trees and froze icy flakes to create a matrix of wonder, a literal sugar-coated world . Here’s the neighbour’s tree. I wish I could take a photo that properly captured the majesty of the frosted spree. Imagine…
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tears of joy and sadness. here’s to a wonderful trip. you’ll be missed. you too, D & C.
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Interview: Bryan + Katie Torwalt, "Here on Earth"
Andrew's TEDx talk, "Considering Danger"
Interview: Kidnap Survivor and Inspiring Humanitarian Amanda Lindhout
If God Had A Facebook Account, What Would He Write on Your Wall?
Mephiboseth, a short story by Andrew Kooman
If Rudyard Kipling had Fridge Magnets
Chasing Tradition: Herbert's "Altar"
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