Random Acts of Verbiage

Tonight I went to UBC’s presentation of George Handel’s Messiah with some friends from Regent. Both the University Singers and the UBC Choral Union performed wonderfully! I had never heard the full oratorio so this was quite a treat. I would not like to hear it professionally with a full orchestra. Just to hear a [...]

I was reading Andrea‘s blog the other day and she pointed to a Christian fundie blog that had her, and now myself, perplexed. Now, I am pretty conservative in numerous ways theologically, but many fundamentalist views I just cannot understand. (As an example, this blog had a discussion on whether or not women should go [...]

The Pale Pacific played last night at The Crocodile Cafe and put on a freaking amazing show! The four guys play really well together and have a great stage presence. The music was dynamic and powerful. Everything you could want in a good show! Pics (clickable for larger versions) are below. Some turned out better [...]

Busy week over! One of the things that kept me busy was preparing a sermon on Psalm 124 (one of the songs of the ascent) that I preached in Darrell Johnson’s Preaching and Worship class. (I also preached on Philippians 1:12-20)I was honestly not sure how it would turn out but the feedback I got [...]

My sister Erin graduated from Western Washington University this past weekend! It was a fun weekend to hang out with some family and enjoy this great day for Erin. Now she actually has to find a job and enter the “real world” (whatever that means…). Pictures are below. There are a few of the family [...]

Once again, Space Saturday comes a day late. My sister’s graduation is a pretty good excuse I think! Today’s Space Saturday brings to you M45: The Pleiades. Credit: Chuck’s Astrophotography (source) The Pleides, or Seven Sisters (also called Subaru in Japan – ever notice the car logo?), is an open star cluster in the constellation [...]