Since its start, the Church has been changed by new technologies – from the printing press to cars. But the rate at which those changes are coming has quickened from centuries to decades to days. Previous generations had years to understand new technology. Now, AI tools to help pastors are coming out almost weekly, and…
If you are ever in downtown Hamilton, Ontario, walking through the central historic business district on James Street North, you may find your eyes drawn to a shop with a stunning art piece in the place of a storefront sign. There’s a mouse with his nose in a book, a knight with a sword drawn,…
“. . . but test everything; hold fast what is good.” 1 Thess. 5:21 (ESV) I teach computer science students how to program computers, and testing is a crucial component of learning to program. In fact, the modern approach to software engineering advocates a Test Driven Development where testing is simultaneously intertwined with the writing…
Rachel, Janneke and I spent the first day of summer at the Holland-Bloorview Research Institute, learning about Brain Computer Interface (BCI). An unconventional approach to communication, BCI can help people with disabilities connect with others and take part more fully in everyday life. The story starts here Rachel furrowed her brow and looked intently at…
After my dear wife Carina passed away in December 2023, I quickly learned about grief. The words of Psalm 42:3 – “tears have been my food day and night” – took on new meaning. Some Bible verses are best appreciated after you have experienced lament and grief. Recent developments in the world of Artificial Intelligence…
On a recent spring course in Korea, I had the unique opportunity of visiting a variety of businesses and universities. A highlight of the trip was attending the 2025 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Expo in Seoul. I heard the same message over and over: AI is here to stay and is developing at a rate faster…
When I was in graduate school, there was a concern that electronic calculators would profoundly harm children’s ability to do mental calculations. Then, a few decades later, the fear was that violence in video games would lead to increased violence in real life. Now, there is a concern that smartphones are rewiring the brains of…
Those wise, sad eyes. Virginia Woolf stared out of Facebook at me, and underneath her photograph, a poignant quotation: “There is a kind of sadness that comes from knowing too much, from seeing the world as it truly is.” From there, she described life as a series of small moments and asserted that love is…
Technology has always been both a threat and a thrill to artists. Every new tool is like having a new toy. Even going from something like an animal-hair paintbrush to a Photoshop paintbrush has been a challenge and an excitement to the creative mind over the last few decades. Now we are quivering with the…
In today’s hyperconnected world, information comes at us fast and furious, from every direction – earthquakes, wars, culture wars. Because we are human and emotionally wired, it’s natural that these things provoke us and inflame our hearts to want to do something. Yet what can we do with this abundance of troublesome information aside from…
This Friday morning, we’re back in our corner of the dining hall at Grace Manor. We usually meet at 10 and wrap things up around noon. I arrived at 10, but there was no one in sight. I went to the kitchen to check with Mary – maybe she knew something.
This past winter I went on a trip without my family, my first in 11 years. Since I was visiting multiple people in multiple cities and taking flights and trains that might well be delayed, I asked my son to revive his old cell phone for me. I used the phone for one crucial text…
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