I wasn’t going to do it. I’ve fallen to the temptation in the past. Set a resolution on January 1, break it by January 2. I’ve done the word of the year a couple of times too. To be honest, I don’t remember most of them. I know one year it was “create” but big deal. I live to create so I might as well have selected “breathe.” In many ways all this resolution stuff has started to feel like... Read more
Author Michael Crichton asserted in his 2004 novel State of Fear that global warming was created as a way to give people something new to fear as the cold war ended. Now you can agree with that or you can disagree, but it begs a question: Are the powers that be trying to manipulate the population by feeding us information that may or may not be true? I wouldn’t put it past them. Consider Social Media It really has become... Read more
The other day, my intrepid editor, Alan Crandall, sent me a link to an article about an AI artist topping the Christian album chart on iTunes and asked for my thoughts. I had mixed feelings and considering I have generated my fair share of AI music, I thought I would weigh in. Solomon Ray The artist is named Christopher Jermaine Townsend who created an AI artist named Solomon Ray. At the time the article was posted, Solomon Ray held... Read more
It’s a strange phenomenon that we humans experience almost from birth. It’s the pressure to fit in. There is a real pressure to be like everyone else, to conform to societal norms—to be “normal.” That has never sat well with me, and I’m guessing if you’re still reading, it may not sit well with you either. So let’s dig into it. What Is Normal? This is the core question of the debate. Normal by what standard? Normal by whose standard?... Read more
(I’ve started doing an online video devotional on YouTube called The Simple Truth. I wrote this piece for it, the most I worked on the video, the more I thought the content would perfectly fit this column, so here is an edited version of the text.) SDG I’ve recently started to sign my work by adding SDG to my name, and a friend asked me why I do that. The truth is, it gets to the soul of being an... Read more
Okay I know I usually talk about creative arts ministry, but today I would like to talk about the band that changed something for me, a little three-piece from Toronto known as Rush. Now I know they are not a Christian band, but that’s not what hit the younger version of me. Sixteen I was a sixteen year old high school junior, it was May (May 13, 1980 to be specific) and I was on my way to see my... Read more
There’s a lot to be angry about on the antisocial social media. Keyboard warriors posting things they would never say to your face. I’ll be honest, In many ways I have had enough. If I had a dollar for every time I have written a comment and immediately deleted it, well I’d have quite a few dollars. I hate to unfriend and block people so much that I rarely do it, but I must admit, the “snooze for 30 days”... Read more
You’ve heard of squatters, right? Squatters are basically people who take up residence in places that don’t belong to them and once they take up residence, they are incredibly hard to remove. Our legal system is so broken that, in some places, people can actually steal your home, after breaking and entering, and actually get away with it. That is so horribly wrong but there is something that just might be worse… Your Most Valuable Real Estate Okay, your home... Read more
Okay before you accuse me of sensationalism, stick with me, I have a point. There is something that will stop a Christian creative in his or her tracks. And no, its not AI, or one of the numerous “ism’s” that divide so much of the church and our culture. It’s also not people who oppose the mission of the church, or the greater culture beyond. It’s far worse, it comes from within. We Have Met the Enemy… Cartoonist Walt Kelly,... Read more
Have you ever heard someone refer to someone as the G.O.A.T.? It’s not an insult. It’s a supreme compliment. You see G.O.A.T. is an acronym for the “Greatest Of All Time.” The first G.O.A.T. I can remember was Muhammad Ali. He never used the term G.O.A.T. Rather he said plainly, “I am the greatest of all time.” Hubris not withstanding, he was pretty great. Lot’s of G.O.A.T.s There’s lots of G.O.A.T.s out there, depending on who you ask. Some say... Read more
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