I’ve been meaning to write for a while. There have been all these wonderful things going on and I’ve wanted to post about them but it never feels like I have time to say all I want to say and so… ironically… I don’t end up writing anything at all. So here I am, …
In the month of October, I drove over 2000 kilometers across Ontario highways in a big black SUV. It wasn’t exactly my dream vehicle, and the 401 is no picnic to drive, but it was all worth it. It was great to be on the road because I got to share My Little Plastic Jesus with dozens of people …
Photo by Ira Bratton I’ve been up past midnight too many nights in the past month. I know midnight is not late for some, but when you’ve got younger kids like I do you are going to be awake by 7 a.m. whether you like it or not, even when your body wants a full 8 hours of sleep. Some …
Back in 2002 I was an intern working with the youth group at my church in Edmonton. My good friend Dave Von Bieker and I worked together for two years helping entertain, engage, and sometimes (Lord help us) have a positive impact on the spiritual formation of young people. During my time in that …
I’ve been blessed by the generosity of other artists who have freely let me use their art in a variety of creative ways, but I’ve never been so bold as to ask Peter Gabriel if I could use any of his music. Thankfully Deanne Bertsch was that bold, and Peter Gabriel was so impressed with …
Orson Welles said that “acting is like sculpture. In other words, it’s what you take away from yourself to reveal the truth of what you are doing that makes a performance.” A good performance then, is “always entirely made up of the actor himself and entirely achieved by what he …
It’s that season again. No, not that season - Not the season of Santa Clause & wreckless overindulgence. Not the season of shopping in congested malls, or the season of happy-clappy Christmas music. Not the season of slippery roads and ice damned roofs. Then again, maybe it is a season …
Back in 2019, I started touring a one-person show that I wrote about growing up within Evangelical Pop Culture. I mainly shared it in people’s living rooms. It was intimate, it was fun, and I enjoyed every time I got to share it. That show, My Little Plastic Jesus, toured right up until Covid …