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Paideia Center settles in
Tim Selles
Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Nearly a month ago, 713 Garner Road East became the home of the Paideia Centre for Public Theology. While the house is owned by Redeemer University College, it is being leased by the Paideia Centre on a long-term contract. To those of you unfamiliar with the Paideia Centre it is 'an academic Christian study centre committed to relating the Gospel to all areas of life'.

Dr. Goudzwaard speaks at Redeemer University College.
God's Own Globalization
Tim Selles
Monday, February 22nd, 2010

For two weeks in early February, Redeemer University College, The Paideia Centre for Public Theology and Cardus had the privilege of hosting Dr. Bob Goudzwaard. Dr. Goudzwaard is professor emeritus of economics and social philosophy at the Free University of Amsterdam and a former member of Dutch Parliament.

Top Ten Musical Albums of the 00's
Tim Selles
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Please note: This is an entirely subjective list. Despite the fact that I may often be (deservedly) labeled a “music snob”, I am not claiming to be the sole authority on “good” music for the last decade. An attempt at something of that magnitude would be asinine (especially based on the fact that I was eleven years old when the decade commenced), if not entirely impossible. Instead, you'll find below a list of albums that happened to be the movers and shakers in my musical world over the past ten years.

Concert Review: The Avett Brothers
Tim Selles
Sunday, November 8th, 2009

I’ve never experienced anything quite like an Avett Brother’s concert. It was September 30th and I had caught the Go Train from Aldershot into Union Station earlier that afternoon, making my way by foot to the Horseshoe tavern on Queen Street. Sitting outside the bar, reading up on some 19th century Victorian lit and enjoying a pre-concert fish and chips and a pint of Stella, my foot taps to the imagined beat of the genre-defying, neo-Americana Avett’s music playing over and over in my head.

Music for living
Tim Selles
Monday, October 12th, 2009

I’ll be straightforward here. I’ve always had a fairly strong dislike for contemporary “Christian” music. The kind that gets overplayed and over-hyped in some attempt to rival what many Christians would call “secular” radio. Don’t get me wrong. I believe that Christian music has its place; but I find that far too often these artists write one‑dimensional songs that focus solely on things like God’s love or heaven or how we should all go to church.