IF - Dusty

Greg Hewlett

Greg Hewlett, an elder at our church, died yesterday morning from cancer. I only knew him about six months but in those months he made an enormous impact on my life (as he seemed to do for everyone who had the privilage of knowing him).




Greg’s death makes my heart ache for Christ’s restoration of this world from sin. It is sin that caused the disharmonious cancer cells to consume my friend. It is sin that brought death into the world in the first place. What’s worse is that my sin – things in my responsibility – has contributed to the continual schism between what was meant to be and what is. I in my own small way am responsible for Greg’s decay and death.



My comfort is in Christ’s forgiveness and restoration – two things that are irrevocably linked. Greg brought wisdom, beauty, comfort, strength, and peace into this world (all of that in just the short time I knew him) – and if I am partly responsible for his death then I will be sure and be responsible for his life and legacy.



Moments like these highlight my conviction that language – while useful – ultimately fails to accurately express and communicate reality. In other words it is really hard to write a fitting benidiction.  Rest in peace brother. May we meet again.

IF - Chicken

The most disappointing offshoot in the history of evolution has to be the Deinonychus to the chicken.

IF - Resolution

My New Year’s resolution:

To work for peace in my part of the world this year– even if it appears ridiculously impossible.  Illustrated with the tiger lying down with the rabbit (the symbols for the current and next Chinese New Years respectively).