Hope for Life podcast

Shameless self-promotion… I hesitate to put this up because it feels like self-promotion. I met Tim a few years ago after being invited into a group of leaders, all men, who share in a faith journey and the joy of growing and learning. My friend Tim Pippus is a wonderful young leader in Calgary and…

Housing For All

In 2007 I was suddenly thrust into the rising issue of homelessness and our (TSA) work with shelters, supporting housing, and wrap-around services. The next two years were a variety of conversations but both Calgary and Alberta had announced their housing first models and the money seemed to be flowing. The discussions with the funders…

Speaker of the House

Is anyone else noticing that both in Canada and in the USA the speaker of the house was suddenly gone… in Canada, a resignation, in the USA a removal by vote…but both need a new speaker? In the USA it’s a civil war within the Republican party (a party seemingly intent on self-destruction) which caused…