Author: Stephen Dawe

  • So for the next few days I’m representing my local congregation at the Atlantic Baptist Convention in Sackville, New Brunswick. For those of you who remember the roadtrips from Fredericton to Nexus in Halifax, I had a burger at the Wendy’s for memories’ sake. It’s not the same without the rest of y’all. In the meantime,…

  • Weirdness: the Telegraph reports thatAl-Queda in Iraq claims that women buying “suggestive vegetables” like cucumbers is un-Islamic. Anglicanism: John Stackhouse speaks of the collapse of the world’s largest small group, the Anglican Church Cultural Weirdness: A gust of wind caused an inflatable dog turd to wreak havoc in Switzerland. Compassion?: The Unabomber claims that a…

  • Hi All, I’m on break to “celebrate” my 34th b-day. I came across a decent and convicting article today by Tim Keller and David Powlison on bad reports and disagreement. I found it convicting and beneficial. Hope you enjoy. Should You Pass on Bad Reports? by Tim Keller & David Powlison One obvious genius of…

  • Politics: Zimbabwe tries to fight hyperinflation by lopping off some zeros (making 10 billion zimbabwe dollars 1 dollar) Religion: NO ONE EXPECTS THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND INQUISITION!!!!!! Culture: A group wants Churches to train in defending their flocks from violence.

  • Everybody makes misstatements to the press. I am beginning to hope Obama wins the next American election though. The comedic value may indeed be greater than even under W. “I’ve now been to 57 states, one left to go.” -Campaign event, Beaverton, OR. May 10, 2008 (for the uninformed, the US has only 50 states,…