I’ve been thinking about the context in which we’re living at the moment, and the fear, anxiety and anger that seems to be part of our whole cultural experience.
This is a conversation I shared with two people who are very close to me. Dr. Ken Derksen who is close to me - maybe because he’s my neighbour and my doctor. We share our journey in Christ together. He’s also a board member on one of the larger churches in our area.
Heidi Allen is - has the misfortune for several decades to be my daughter. She’s a graduate of Western University in Music, a graduate of Regent College in Theological Studies, and has a degree now in Psychotherapy, so she has her own psychotherapy practice.
Oct 20, 2021
53 min
Today, my friend Mike Janzen – musical artist, writer and composer - and I are going to discuss his new two-volume Psalms project. It’s not just the Psalms project that is of interest, but also because it’s an expression of his journey out of darkness into light as part of his recovery from a concussion injury that he suffered 5 years ago.
May 12, 2021
25 min
Today, my friend Mike Janzen – musical artist, writer and composer - and I are going to discuss his new two-volume Psalms project. It’s not just the Psalms project that is of interest, but also because it’s an expression of his journey out of darkness into light as part of his recovery from a concussion injury that he suffered 5 years ago.
Apr 29, 2021
42 min
Well, hello there – it’s Norm Allen here with another of our sporadic “On Further Reflections with Norm Allen” series of podcasts and videos. Today, I’ve invited a close friend of mine of long, long-standing, Ron Nikkel, to engage in conversation about the news that we received back in the middle of February about the double-sided life that Jean Vanier had, and the L’Arche International movement had to pay for an agency to do an investigation of complaints against him about sexual misconduct with women that he had been in a counselling relationship with.
Apr 29, 2020
39 min
A conversation with a friend about transitions experienced on the journey
Mar 9, 2020
40 min
Advent season’s greetings to you as we launch this latest edition of “On Further Reflection with Norm Allen” in video, audio and written versions. I am going to offer some thoughts about Advent as we have these twenty-four days in December before Christmas Day. I’m going to be answering some questions from a friend of mine who will remain anonymous, which will help the conversation.
Dec 4, 2019
22 min
An audio transcript of Norm's new video blog-The Opposite of Faith in Ingratitude. A conversation about the 10 lepers.
Nov 18, 2019
25 min
