Bruce Sanguin
Bruce grew up in Winnipeg and spent his teens and early twenties as a jock. He graduated from the University of Winnipeg without, as far as he can remember, having read a book. Except one, by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on Transcendental Meditation. This woke him up to vocation that transcended, (yet included – of course), the dream of dunking the b-ball and playing professional tennis. TM gave way to born again Christianity, to liberal Christianity, to the total loss of conviction (they are connected), to evolutionary Christian mysticism and the blessed return of something beyond/within context and perspective. He spends most of his time trying to figure out how to put the breaks on the evolutionary impulse.
Bruce has been an ordained minister in the United Church of Canada for 25 years (currently at CMUC in Vancouver) and is a clinical member of the American Association of Marriage and Family therapy. He’s Ann’s husband (24 years and counting), a father to Sarah, an actress and musician in LA, grandfather to four, and author of four books — www.ifdarwinprayed.com.
The Dream of Perfection and Then There's What Happened This Morning
A personal story of the clash between spiritual dreams and lived reality.
What is Evolutionary Christianity?
One congregations expression of an evolving Christian faith.
I Want to Be Jason Bourne
A look at Jason Bourne as a metaphor for the contepmorary male condition.
Leadership Lessons from Billy Beane
WWBBD? What Would Billy Beane Do? An examination of lessons in leadership from baseball.
God as the Future
We know about the power of now, but what about the power of the future?
Saturday Night Jukebox: Lucinda and the Evolutionary Impulse
Guest writer Bruce Sanguin explores how Lucinda Williams' music incites the impulse to evolve and live with passion.
Sacred Sundays: Five Dancers and a Football Player
For Sacred Sundays today we have a poem about evolution's dance.
A Few Things I Want Every Christian to Know
What happens when we realize that Jesus is kin with starfields, our solar system, the Earth’s biosystems and all creatures — how will that impact our mission to repair the Earth?
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