Episode 14: Ken Shigematsu

February 7, 2016

Ken Shigematsu is senior minister of Tenth Church, a Christian and Missionary Alliance congregation in Vancouver, B.C.

In this first interview of our second "season," Matt and Ken discuss the differences between Canadian evangelicalism and its cousins in the U.S., as well as how the Protestant mainline differs from each. Ken shares stories about his transformation from wayward adolescent to Sunday-morning preacher; he also talks about his unique method of sermon preparation, which includes meditation, swimming, and writing while walking.

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Against killing children

We have become a society of people who cannot prevent our own children from being killed in their classrooms—and who do not much mind the killing of other people’s children by weapons of war.

by Wendell Berry