Life

Uncle John

On Thursday I came across a letter from my Uncle John. It dates back to August 1987 when he was serving as senior pastor of a church in California. I wrote to him

From the Sky Down

We attended a documentary on Saturday night. It’s called From the Sky Down, held at the Toronto International Film Festival (trailer here). It tells the story of when U2 hit a creative

A Prayer for the End of Summer

It’s Labour Day in Canada. Tomorrow the kids go back to school. Summer vacations are over. Summer’s not officially over for a few weeks, but it feels like it’s over

Advice from Steve Jobs

This is from the famous commencement speech Steve Jobs gave at Stanford: For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last