Acrylic wash, watersoluble wax pastels, charcoal, conte on paper April 2008Its branches are gnarled and twisted and they hang heavy on the trunk. Yet the trees' thin shoots always reach straight up to the sky in hopeful expectation.That is like me and you. The tree...
This picture represents a special series I have done on children. Children are fascinating subjects to observe because their behavior resembles something in between adult people and nature’s wildlife. They are at once unpredictable and instinctual, yet also human...
Living at the Crossroads is one of the most important conferences of the next year. Featuring keynotes by ten internationally-known leaders including Comment authors Mike Goheen and Calvin Seerveld, Comment publisher Ray Pennings, and Comment editor Gideon Strauss,...
I can understand why my generation is beset with insecurities about “growing up” and may take longer to make lifelong commitments such as marriage and parenting. Many of us who grew up in a typical North American household with a smaller nuclear family and working parents are sheltered from the practical responsibilities of managing a home: finances, chores, and caring for younger siblings. As my generation “grows up” and enters parenthood many may find, as I did, that we are underdeveloped in the personal maturity, stamina, and skills needed to withstand the challenges of parenthood.
I turn my inventive passion toward ideas for making businesses, schools, churches, and other organizations cooler and more interesting, which makes me an organizational designer.
The green movement, as commonly understood, embodies one idea I believe Christians should heartily endorse, and one I believe we should equally heartily reject.
30" x 40" Watercolour and acrylic 2007In 2006 I covered the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo as an accredited photographer. In an increasingly tense atmosphere, I went with a journalist and two Congolese translators to an opposition rally. On the way our...
Assemblage, with copper, hand-carved bow, vintage embroidered fabric, new fabric, acrylic paint, found objects 25" X 50" 2008Cradle Hold is a juxtaposition of new and found pieces of fabric, and objects. The found fabrics are intriguing because they carry the history...
What is the proper response to evil? Can we trust our own perception? How do we come to trust others? Can injustice ever be reconciled?
Two films that open space for a morally complex conversation.
At our November 5 relaunch event, CARDUS—publisher of Comment—showed a video introducing the new Cardus style and brand. It's slick and fun—watch it here: http://cardus.ca/organization/news/11/ . . . And Comment friend and contributor Larry Bourgeois recommends Todd...
Is in the hands of a group of people who don’t know what education is for.
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