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Projects, Plans, and Research

NOW AVAILABLE!
The Rule of Faith and Biblical Interpretation (Cascade, 2018)
Visit my home page for all the details. 
Both Sides of the Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis, Theological Imagination, and Everyday Discipleship (Resource Publications, 2016)
I was delighted to serve as editor for these ten new essays by Canadian writers exploring the fiction and non-fiction of C.S. Lewis, one of our favourite authors. Now available from Wipf&Stock, Amazon, and Chapters.ca.  VIEW AN EXCERPT HERE.
Theology of The United Church of Canada
Due out in 2018 from Wilfred Laurier University Press, this major study brings together a dozen Canadian scholars to explore the "big" doctrinal themes in our denomination. I am pleased to be co-editing this volume with Don Schweitzer and Michael Bourgeois.
Touchstone: Theology Shaping Witness 
I chair the Editorial Board of this small but mighty Canadian theological journal. Please vist our website for more information, past issues, or to subscribe.
Upcoming Projects
  • Articles on: pilgrimage, the book of Judith, the gospel according to John, John Bunyan, Anselm, sleeping giants, illness among ministers, evangelism
  • Books on: spiritual practices, leadership, joy, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, C.S. Lewis, pilgrimage
  • I am also writing a fairly awful novel.
The Thriving Christian Communities Project
Since 2015, my colleague and co-researcher Russ Daye and I have been studying the dynamics of health and new vitality in mainline communities of faith, especially in Canada. Click here for the website  and click here for our Facebook page.
Creedalandlovingit blog
Please drop by for a visit to see what my friend and colleague Ross Lockhart and I are doing in blogland: here.
Camino Nova Scotia
I am the Founding Director of this local pilgrimage opportunity. Click here to learn more about it. I have also started to write a short book about these experiences.
Ongoing Research Interests
  • Christology
  • evangelism
  • Trinity
  • interpretation theory
  • ecclesiology
  • leadership
  • The United Church of Canada
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