TOUCHSTONE
Offering, encouraging and teaching friendship in Christ to leaders in the business, political, arts and spiritual marketplaces.
Welcome to Touchstone
Touchstone is a loosely linked community focused on offering, encouraging and teaching friendship in Christ to leaders in the business, political, arts and spiritual marketplaces.
Falstaffs Redeemed (sometimes)
Our culture misses the idea that Falstaffs can be redeemed if they take responsibility and experience the consequences of their actions. John Ivison in a June 11, 2013 National Post column sets this tone: Beware politicians who preach false piety. I recall covering a British MP, Jonathan Aitken, who promised to fight conflict of interest allegations with the “simple sword of truth and trusty shield of fair play.” He was promptly found to be a serial liar, convicted of perjury and banged up in jail for 18 months.
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Falstaff returns (2)
“No one is as smart as they seem at the top of their game and no one is as dumb as they seem at the bottom.” After nearly thirty years in the business and professional worlds I’ve seen many friends go through great highs and equally deep lows. A friend once chuckled “Now that I have money many seem to think I am way smarter than I was without.” More >
Falstaff returns
“Falstaff” came to my mind sitting in church yesterday. He entertains us in three of Shakespeare’s plays – larger than life, rotund, jovial, drinking and bragging to excess. He’s a rascal we love and yet his creator never lets us forget his core humanity. More >
May Two-Four Holiday & Pentecost Sunday (2)
Long weekends around a barbecue or campfire often open conversations about the things in life we don’t understand, or even frustrate and anger us. The chance to kick back can relax but also unsettle us. More >
May Two-Four Holiday & Pentecost Sunday
“Who’d like a beer?” “Who’d like the Spirit?” It’s been a funny confluence of holidays as Canadians celebrate a long weekend whose main metaphor is a case of 24 beer. In the middle of this weekend people of faith around the world celebrated the gift of a different spirit. More >
