I had to go to the doctor today and chose to visit a new little walk-in clinic that recently opened near my house. Because I live in Canada health care is “free” (as free as it can be when we pay some of the highest taxes in the world) and I try to visit the…
Each week I examine the song at the top of the CMCentral charts . Since last week’s song, Dare You To Move by Switchfoot has not budged from the number one spot, this week we will look at the number two song which is More by Matthew West. Take a look at the mountainStretching a…
Just for kicks, here are some links to fully legal MP3s. Grassroots Music has a huge selection of legal downloads from some major releases (By The Tree, Tree 63, Derek Webb, Carolyn Arends, etc). Third Day has 3 bootlegs you can download. Jason McGibbon (a good friend of mine) has the song I Am Broken…
If you are Canadian this post should require little explanation. CBC wants to let Don Cherry go after 23 years of commentary as part of Hockey Night in Canada. Needless to say we cannot let this happen. There is petition you can sign here that will be presented to CBC. Go ahead and do the…
Last week a reader recommended a spam blocking tool called SpamBayes. I looked it up and since it was a free install I decided I would give it a try. It snaps seamlessly into Outlook and took only seconds to install. Once the program is installed it takes a few days to “train” the program…
Several months ago I ripped my entire CD collection to MP3 and the collection totaled something like 5000 songs. Since I work on my computer all day long I listen to a lot of music. Just for fun I ordered my music by play count. So the following is a list of the 10 songs…
I stumbled across a site that provided information about the proper way of addressing the pope and thought I would share that. Direct address: Your Holiness, or Holy Father.Written address: His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, or better, The Sovereign Pontiff, His Holiness John Paul II.Formal closing: Kissing the Sacred Foot.Formal introduction: His Holiness, the…
I usually shy from posting politically-charged topics, but in this case I am willing to make an exception. Now I don’t necessarily believe Pat Tillman is the superhero that some are making him out to be (hundreds of other lesser-known Americans have also paid the ultimate price), but regardless of what you think of the…
This week the Dalai Lama is in Toronto to “speak on the subject of world peace,” to pray for and encourage his followers, and to initiate new adherents into the faith known as a Kalachakra ceremony.” Now I know almost nothing of this man, but was pretty surprised to see him referred to on the…
“Make sure you keep the receipts!” Those were the last words I heard from my wife as I left the house on Saturday to go shopping for her birthday. Now isn’t that just a vote of confidence! Still, I think I did quite well. She refuses to open her gifts until this evening, so I…
There is a popular quote which is attributed to Francis of Assisi that reads ‘Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words.’ These words have inspired many Christians to live lives that glorify God, remembering at all times that our actions are a powerful testimony to the One we claim to serve. The…
Forefront Records, home of Christian artist Tait, has announced that Michael Tait will be joining forces with legendary guitarist and vocalist Carlos Santana. Tait will be performing vocally for Santana’s upcoming European tour. You can ready the full press release here. Does anyone else find this troubling? Santana is currently touring in support of his…
If you have been reading this site for any length of time you will know that I enjoy Christian music. I have listened to Christian music since the early 90’s and have been collecting almost exclusively Christian music since that time. I have had the privilege of meeting many Christian musicians and have been able…
A great little quote from David Crowder when asked in an interview on CNN if he considers himself a rock star. “I’ve got a really good pal that says ‘you guys are more like a moon than a star,’ because the moon, if it wasn’t for the sunshine, is just a ball of dirt. For…
MSN has an article entitled Sitcom Future Unclear After ‘Friends’ in which they question if sitcoms have had their day and will now begin to fade away. With Friends, Sex and the City, Frasier all bowing out this season and Everybody Loves Raymond all but done, they wonder if the genre will be able to…
Christian musician Steve Camp (who happens to be Reformed) has posted an interesting article series at his Web site entitled The Worship Driven Life. In Part One he writes about doctrine in worship and worship being on the downgrade (borrowing a term from the days of Spurgeon). In Part Two he writes about what constitutes…
It was just about two years ago now that I was walking along the shores of Lake Ontario, gazing out across the water and spending some much-needed time in prayer. It was noon and I had escaped my basement office for just a while. I was employed by a good company and was drawing a…
Bill C-250 passed through the senate with a 59-11 vote in favor. Barely a whisper of this event was heard in the news or printed in the media. The legislation is now awaiting just the royal rubber-stamp before it becomes law. This law adds homosexuals to the list of people protected by Canada’s hate crimes…
Way back in February I posted a list of the Dove Award nominees and provided a bit of uninspired commentary on each of the categories I care a bit about. It turns out that I did quite well with my picks! I was elated to see that Switchfoot cleaned up in their categories after being…
There seems to be lots of controversy about what Mel Gibson’s next project will be. It is known that before The Passion of the Christ became a blockbuster he was planning on making a fourth installment of Mad Max, the movie that launched his career and made him a Hollywood superstar. Having now become a…