by bradhuebert | Dec 16, 2013 | Christmas, heroes, Jesus Christ, Uncategorized
Way back in a primordial garden called Eden, our original mother reached for the forbidden fruit. Slipping into a serpent’s guise, Satan seduced her—seduced us, really—to reject God. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in...
by bradhuebert | Nov 22, 2013 | geek, heroes
Doctor Who has risen to legendary status in the Huebert home. All three kiddos love watching now. I suppose that means four out of five of us are Whovian. But with The Day of the Doctor looming tomorrow, I simply want to ask: Why the Doctor? Personally, I love the...
by bradhuebert | Nov 5, 2013 | Faith, heroes, Uncategorized
In all the great stories, would be heroes must wrestle with the difference between reasons and excuses. Life is good, life rolls on—until it doesn’t. Until a crisis looms and a summons is uttered. And then we either rise into our calling or suckle our excuses....
by bradhuebert | Aug 3, 2013 | Faith, geek, heroes, identity, Intimacy with God, prayer, Uncategorized
… Father, My Geek peeps need you today. Just like I do. So here’s a prayer for geeks like us. Reach to them, daddy. Reach into them. As they munch popcorn and watch movies, capture their imaginations with archetypes that bear truth. Freeze frame those...
by bradhuebert | Jun 25, 2013 | church, community, heroes, Uncategorized
This weekend our church has been engaged waist deep (figuratively speaking) serving evacuees from the life-boggling Calgary flood waters. Some 100,000 people have been displaced throughout the crisis, many of whom are still waiting to return home, unsure of what...
by bradhuebert | May 30, 2013 | Faith, geek, heroes, movies, sci-fi, social media, spiritual growth, Uncategorized
I watched Iron Man 3 in 3D the other day. This was bombastic, over the top fun. A nobly constructed third outing, rising higher than the second instalment but lower on the podium than the bar-setting first film in the series. Right. But I realized something...
