Speaking

Lectures and Presentations

  • “Immersed in the Mystery of the Triune God: A Series on the Apostles’ Creed,” Kleefeld Evangelical Mennonite Church Family Camp, Roseau River Bible Camp (June 2-4, 2023).
  • “Re-imagining Ethical Preaching,” Canadian American Theological Association Annual Meeting, Canadian Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Alberta (May 28, 2023).
  • “Theological Resistance in Troubled Times: The Compelling Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” Xplore Lecture Series at Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB (Mar.-Apr. 2021).
  • “The Heresy of Relevance: Bonhoeffer’s Warning to Preachers,” Canadian American Theological Association Annual Meeting, Canadian Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Alberta (May 29, 2021).
  • “All that Is Hidden Shall Be Revealed,” The Church Post-Pandemic, Zoom Forum hosted by Providence Theological Seminary, Otterburne, MB (2020).
  • “Theological Resistance in Troubled Times: The Compelling Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” Xplore Lecture Series at Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB (Mar.-Apr. 2020) * first 2 lectures delivered, last 4 cancelled due to COVID-19
  • “‘It’s the End of the World as We Know It’: Reclaiming an Eschatological Imagination,” Providence University College Public Lecture Series, Steinbach, MB (Feb. 25, 2019)
  • “‘It’s the End of the World as We Know It’: Reclaiming an Eschatological Imagination,” Providence University College Public Lecture Series, Winnipeg, MB (Feb. 23, 2019)
  • “A Plea for Pointless Preaching,” Presbytery of Winnipeg, Calvin Presbyterian Church, Winnipeg, MB (Jan. 26, 2019)
  • “Teaching Preaching in a Time of Cultural Change: The Forgotten Story of John J.A. Proudfoot, Knox College,” Canadian Society of Presbyterian History Annual Conference, Knox College, Toronto, ON (Sept. 29, 2018)
  • “Parsing the Grammar of Atonement,” Providence Theological Seminary, Otterburne, MB (Mar. 21, 2018)
  • “Confessing Christ in Troubled Times: Bonhoeffer as a Resource for Preachers,” Tyndale Preaching Conference, Toronto, Ontario (Mar. 6, 2018)
  • Working Together for ONE Purpose: Panel Discussion, Tyndale Seminary, Toronto, ON (Mar. 9, 2017)
  • “Confessing Christ in Troubled Times: Bonhoeffer as a Resource for Preachers,” Preaching Day, Wycliffe College, Toronto, ON (Feb. 27, 2017)
  • “Reading Faithfully: Approaching the Bible as Holy Scripture,” Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto, ON (2016)
  • “A Matter of Mission: Bonhoeffer’s ‘Longing for the Concretion of Divine Grace’,” Participating in God’s Mission Conference, Northeastern Seminary, Rochester, NY (2016)
  • “Trinitarian-Shaped Church and Mission,” Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto, ON (2015)
  • “Trinitarian Renewal: What’s Happening? Why it Matters?” Knox Presbyterian Church,
    Toronto, ON (2015)
  • “Unapologetically (A)Political:  Stanley Hauerwas and the Practice of Preaching,” Canadian Evangelical Theological Association Annual Meeting, Ottawa, ON (2015)
  • Summer Series: “Discipling Dietrich: Exploring the Radical Christian Life and Vision of Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto, ON (2014) – 5 Lectures
  • “Thinking About Preaching with Bonhoeffer,” North Park Worship Centre, Brampton, ON
    (2013)
  • “The Stories that Speak Us,” Byron United Church, London, ON (2013)
  • “Modernity, Post-modernity and the Christian Story,” University Studies in Christian Perspective, Tyndale University College, (2012)
  • “The Church as God’s Garden,” Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto, ON (2012)
  • “The Life and Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer,” Byron United Church, London, ON (2012)
  • “The Theology, History and Practice of Christian Worship,” Good Shepherd Community Church, Scarborough, ON (2011)

Recent Past Preaching

Grace Bible Church (Winnipeg, MB), First Presbyterian Church (Winnipeg, MB), Christ Apostolic Church, Vineyard of Comfort (Winnipeg, MB), St. Pierre Bible Fellowship (St. Pierre, MB); Niverville Community Fellowship (Niverville, MB); First Presbyterian Church (Kenora, ON); Church of Pentecost (Winnipeg, MB); Kleefeld Community Church (Kleefeld, MB); St. John’s Presbyterian Church (Winnipeg, MB); Prairie Presbyterian Church (Winnipeg, MB); Providence University College and Theological Seminary (Otterburne, MB); Westwood Presbyterian Church (Winnipeg, MB); Amberlea Presbyterian Church (Pickering); Knox Presbyterian Church (Toronto); North Park Worship Centre (Brampton); Byron United Church (London); Yorkminster Park Baptist Church (Toronto); Guildwood Community Presbyterian Church (Scarborough); Tyndale University College & Seminary (Toronto); Knox Church (St. Catharines); Providence Theological Seminary (Otterburne, MB); St. Andrew’s Chalmers (Uxbridge); Redeemer Evangelical Free Church (Scarborough); Fallingbrook Presbyterian Church (Scarborough); St. Paul’s Presbyterian Church (Nobleton); Burns’ Presbyterian Church (Ashburn); Wycliffe College (Toronto); St. John’s, Milliken Presbyterian Church (Scarborough); Good Shepherd Community Church (Scarborough); St. James’ – St. Luke’s Presbyterian Church (Oshawa); St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (King City); St. James’ Presbyterian Church (Stouffville); Malvern Presbyterian Church (Scarborough); Melville Presbyterian Church (Scarborough)

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