Matt on May 5th, 2007

Estonia has made world news lately as the relocation of a soviet-era bronze war memorial prompted riots by Russians in the capital city of Tallinn. I’ve culled some good articles from the internet to shed some light on the meaning behind these disturbing events.
Here is some brief background. The war memorial is a bronze statue [...]

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Matt on April 24th, 2006

This is a short reflection paper I wrote for a course entitled “Breaking the Chains: Resisting Structural and Personal Evil” taught by Bob Ekblad in Fall of 2005. Our assignment was to visit and observe a poor district and a business district of Vancouver for two hours each and to write a reflection paper on [...]

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Matt on September 21st, 2005

I saw this article in a newspaper on the bus and thought I’d share it with you all. Enjoy!

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