Episodes

  • Ep. #60 ~ Pt. 2 Life In Community W/ Dr. Jenn Rombeek Burnett

    Ep. #60 ~ Pt. 2 Life In Community W/ Dr. Jenn Rombeek Burnett
    Sep 12 2021
    It has been way too long since I’ve been on the airwaves & in the podsphere! I’m finally able to get the second part of Dr. Jenn Rombeek Burnet’s & my conversation from a few months ago out to you! Friends, I must tell you that thee last few months have been extremely hard for me. Please have a listen to this episode as I share why & what to expect in the coming months.
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  • Ep. #59 ~ Pt. 1 Life In Community W/ Dr. Jenn Rombeek Burnett

    Ep. #59 ~ Pt. 1 Life In Community W/ Dr. Jenn Rombeek Burnett
    Jun 13 2021
    I met Jenn a little over a year ago during a cross Canada Zoom gathering of Christian leaders who were taking part in the New Leaf Network’s monthly Learning Centre. Since that time, Always smiling & with an infectious laugh, she brings a real down to earth joy to our gatherings. She also reveals some truly ingenious truths as to what it means to build & become a community. A few weeks ago she shared with us 3 P’s & an S to which hold her community in rhythm. They are:
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  • Ep. #58 ~ Am I Religious? Spiritual? Maybe... Both?

    Ep. #58 ~ Am I Religious? Spiritual? Maybe... Both?
    May 30 2021
    Today’s episode is a short devotion where Erik share’s a blog post he wrote from 2011 titled ‘Am I Religious? Spiritual? Maybe... Both?’ (Seen Here). Share it, comment, & let it sit in your imagination while asking the same question… Are you religious? Spiritual? Or maybe… both?
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  • Ep. #57 ~ Pt. 2 Living In God's Country W/ Ron & Monelle Fraser

    Ep. #57 ~ Pt. 2 Living In God's Country W/ Ron & Monelle Fraser
    May 23 2021
    Benga’s Grassy Mountain Coal Project has confronted my wife and I with great challenges in our lives. We were forced out of our property on the southern slopes Grassy Mountain four years ago, shortly after we discovered that Benga had included our property as part of the mine pit proper in their proposal to mine coal. This was done without our permission or knowledge. We have now reestablished on the Eastern slopes of the Livingston Range. As your constituent, I am writing to declare my profound dissatisfaction with your government’s decision to remove previous protections that restricted open pit coal mining in these crown of the continent areas, including the sensitive headwaters of the watershed. Tens of thousands of Albertans downstream depend on this water.
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  • Ep. #56 ~ Pt. 1 Living In God's Country W/ Ron & Monelle Fraser

    Ep. #56 ~ Pt. 1 Living In God's Country W/ Ron & Monelle Fraser
    May 2 2021
    oday I am excited to have my friends Ron & Monelle Fraser on the podcast! I’ve known them for about 20 years now since I started my theology studies back at Alberta Bible College in 2001. Ron was the President of Alberta Bible College at that time & would teach several of the courses I would take over the next four years. I always deeply appreciated his heart for God, the incredible wisdom & knowledge he would share, & his always being available to sit down after class with me & talk that little bit more about theology & the bottomless well of never ending questions that I seemed to always to have. They both have since retired now & live in southern Alberta on a horse farm in the shadows of the Crowsnest Pass. Bonnie & I had the opportunity to visit them out there a few years ago & as they both share in our conversation today, this is a great place to be in during a pandemic & having to to be in isolation. To give you a bit of a picture, the photo I used for this episode’s show notes & resources on theinceptionofwonder.com is shot on their property looking east at the mountain slopes footsteps from there back porch.
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  • Ep. #55 ~ The Never Ending Story: The Eschaton W/ Rabbi Mark Glickman

    Ep. #55 ~ The Never Ending Story: The Eschaton W/ Rabbi Mark Glickman
    Apr 4 2021
    It is Easter… Resurrection Sunday & for some of us that means the rituals of Easter Bunny cards, chocolate filled colourful baskets, & the traditional Easter egg hunt with Grandpa & Grandma watching either in person or via Zoom. While for others it means an early morning rise to dress & prepare before going to or watching on screen the Sunday morning church service followed by the preparations of Easter Sunday dinner & the giving of thanks for Jesus’s resurrection from the dead. Of course, there could always be a mix of all those rituals & traditions together, too. For me, I arose early in bed & started the day by reading the resurrection accounts in each of the four gospels. It is intriguing to see the distinct differences in how even the first witnesses to Jesus’ resurrection remember the events perhaps in different perspectives.
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  • Easter Special ~ Holy Saturday: 'Silence' W/ Jason Tripp

    Easter Special ~ Holy Saturday: 'Silence' W/ Jason Tripp
    Apr 3 2021
    Today’s conversation is a Special Easter episode. Jason Tripp has joined the show again as Erik & him share insights into the Martin Scorsese film ‘Silence’. It begins with a short reflection into Holy Saturday & a short prayer followed by Jason’s & Erik’s dialogue. May this bring some inspiration to you as you look to Resurrection Sunday tomorrow.
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  • Ep. #54 ~ The Never Ending Story: Atonement & Redemption W/ Rabbi Mark Glickman

    Ep. #54 ~ The Never Ending Story: Atonement & Redemption W/ Rabbi Mark Glickman
    Mar 21 2021
    “The sign of the cross has become an image of fear for many Jews who remember how often it has been associated with their persecution and suffering. There are Jewish and Christian thinkers who maintain that the only real solution to this problem is a root-and-branch excision of atonement theology from Christianity itself. James Carroll puts it in typically unequivocal terms: "The cross must be reimagined, and deemphasized, as a Christian symbol." Belief in the atonement stands indicted for linking Christian salvation with demonization of Jews.” That was a quote from Mark Heim’s book ‘Saved From Sacrifice’ that I shared this past week & it started a firestorm in group discussion. Is the cross a relevant symbol for Christian faith today? What really matters about the cross in human atonement & salvation?
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