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Favorite Bible Verse: Exodus 33:11
Over the next few posts, I’m going to share some of my favorite Bible verses with you. They’ve got the power to change your life like they’ve changed mine. I remember the first time I read Exodus...
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Favorite Bible Verses: Matthew 4:4
I’ve been sharing favorite Bible verses. Last week I introduced you to Exodus 33:11, a jaw-dropping verse that ought to keep us up at night. Equally powerful? Matthew 4:4: “Man shall not live on bread...
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Star Trek: Into Darkness Review
Star Trek: Into Darkness Review: What’s the bottom line? A few words: Slick, funny, gripping, visually inspiring, nobly acted. A viscerally entertaining sci-fi space romp. I saw it in 2D, and unlike my...
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My fairy tale marriage
God told me to marry my best friend, Shauna Kristine Warkentin, in 1993. I’ll never forget the day we, the starry-eyed couple, shoved our little dingy from the shore and set out on our new lives...
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Iron Man 3 Movie Review
I watched Iron Man 3 in 3D the other day. This was bombastic, over the top fun. A nobly constructed third outing, rising higher than the second instalment but lower on the podium than the...
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What would Jesus do? What is Jesus doing? Or something deeper?
WWJD, bruddas and sissas? Grab a bracelet and a bumper sticker and change the world. Personally, I’m glad that well-intentioned, mis-informed movement ran it’s course. Blech. Morality-wise, it had it’s...
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Oswald Chambers was a Geek
Oswald Chambers is a Geek? It’s true! Here’s a direct quote from Ozzy to prove it: “Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things. — Isaiah 40:26 The people of God in Isaiah’s day...
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Use Imagination To Jump Start Your Prayer Life
Last week I posted a snippet from devotional giant Oswald Chambers, who encouraged us to use our imaginations to put ourselves before God. This week I’m going to show you how to do that. Imagination...
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Picturing prayer
Lately I’ve been sharing game-changing tips about how to use your imagination to jump-start your faith. An imagination captured by God’s revelation is a powerful tool. Let’s apply it now to picturing...
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A Flow of Worship That Frees Your Heart
In the Old Testament, the Israelites stuck to a very clear order of worship based on the Old Testament temple system. It looked like so: The Old Testament Flow of Worship Worshippers began with “Songs...
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Hobbits and heroes vs. the Calgary flood
This weekend our church has been engaged waist deep (figuratively speaking) serving evacuees from the life-boggling Calgary flood waters. Some 100,000 people have been displaced throughout the crisis,...
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Clyde S. Kilby was a Christian Geek
You’ve probably never heard of Clyde S. Kilby, an English professor and renown Inkling scholar (specializing in C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien). He went to glory in 1984, so most of us have never met...
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I want to get over myself.
If you’re a regular GeekFaither, you’ve probably noticed my resounding silence on the blog front lately. Yeah, I needed a break. Simply put, I was tired. Very, very tired. My emotional gas tank was...
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The Raw Power of my Identity in Christ
Awhile back I prayed a heartfelt prayer: “Lord, help me get over myself.“ God answered in a glorious way. The power came through many hours of Bible study, paging through most of the New Testament and...
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My favorite video games of all time
Video games were born when I was a kid and we’ve kinda grown up together. I think we’re both still kids inside, but that’s another blog post for another day. First, my credentials: I owned Pong. End of...
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Windows of the Soul: Ken Gire got me going today
This morning I was reminded of a captivating quote from Ken Gire, author of “Windows of the Soul.” We reach for God in many ways. Through our sculptures and our scriptures. Through our pictures and our...
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Where Geeks and Faith Unite
Are you a Christ-follower AND a Geek? This is the official blog of Geek Faith Tribe, the elusive sweet spot “Where Geeks and Faith Unite.” This blog is for Star Wars fans, Trekkies, Whovians,...
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A prayer for geeks
… Father, My Geek peeps need you today. Just like I do. So here’s a prayer for geeks like us. Reach to them, daddy. Reach into them. As they munch popcorn and watch movies, capture their imaginations...
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World War Z Wisdom (no, really)
World War Z: The Movie A month or two ago I enjoyed watching World War Z on the big screen with a buddy of mine. The film was impressive. Pitt managed to offer summer moviegoers a manic, brooding,...
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Jesus is my hero.
Jesus is my hero. Here’s one reason I think he should be yours, too. Alter Egos All good fiction is built on conflict, especially the conflict raging within the characters we empathize with. In the...
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