Have you ever had to eat your words? When I addressed staff and students in fall 2019,  I told them to prepare for an uneventful year. (You can see where this is going...) It's a transition year, I reasoned. We're winding-down at Jackson Ave before relocating to our new campus (we thought) later that summer. I compared us to the second and, I suggested, least exciting instalment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Two Towers. Fans of the trilogy know the second instalment describes what takes place between the action – after the heroes have received their quest [...]

Recently, I was interviewed about theological implications of COVID-19 by Pastor Leyton Erickson at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Saskatoon. The discussion starts by asking why God allows suffering and expands to wonder how such a God can be good? We then discuss whether the current COVID-19 pandemic represents the biblical End. I’ve included a link to the video interview here. https://youtu.be/471tSmOAhLo Over the next couple weeks, I’ll unpack here some of what I shared (so subscribe to this post if you want to keep up!). Starting with the last discussion first, I’ll begin today by declaring definitively that COVID-19 100% does not [...]