John Stackhouse
- 4 min
Finding the Will of God–or–Not Getting Lost in the Forest
Last December my family and I moved to North Vancouver, to a house surrounded by trees on the shoulder of Mount Seymour. Settlement ends...
John Stackhouse
- 2 min
Don't "Expect a Miracle"
Amid the many lessons people are drawing from the financial crisis we’re all enduring, one lesson emerges as particularly poignant: Don’t...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
Obama's Gaffe–and Mine–and Yours…
It may not be obvious at first glance, but President Barack Obama is a lot like me. We both used to live in Hyde Park and attend the...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
Simple Is Good; Oversimple Is Bad
I happen to chair the committee that coordinates the major lectureship at Regent College, the Laing Lectures. Roger Laing, our patron, is...
John Stackhouse
- 1 min
Surely You Can Work a Little Harder…
Some of us need to work harder than we do. Students fool themselves, thinking they are “studying” when they are just hanging out with...
John Stackhouse
- 3 min
Why I Gave Up "Humility"
Humility is always fertile ground for jokes, isn’t it? A friend will mention an accomplishment, and before the rest of us can tease him,...