John Stackhouse
- 2 min
These Be Your Gods, O Vancouver
As I face a new week and seek to get properly oriented on a Monday morning, my reading in Acts arrests me. When Stephen is recounting to...
John Stackhouse
- 2 min
Big Decisions and Our Biggest Concerns
A friend has asked recently about whether he and his wife ought to keep possession of a luxurious cottage they inherited in lake country....
John Stackhouse
- 1 min
“Not a Needy Person among Them”
Acts 4:34: “There was not a needy person among them.” No one was crushed under medical bills he couldn’t pay. No one missed a job...
John Stackhouse
- 6 min
Actually, It Isn’t Just about “Being”: It’s about “Doing,” Too
A Christian friend whom I know to be godly, serious, pious…and very successful in a highly competitive and demanding career…sent me the...
John Stackhouse
- 5 min
Freedom of the Child vs. Freedom of the Adult
LIke, I expect, most of my contemporaries, I wrestle with the concept of freedom. I have resisted the claim of certain philosophers and...
John Stackhouse
- 4 min
Accepting Praise
When our sons took piano lessons, they were taught to bow properly. Now that is a skill otherwise rather rare in contemporary Canadian...