Hey there kids.  So, I got to hop a flight to Detoit, pick up a rental car and scoot across the border at Port Huron to London, Ontario: population 350,000 and home of the University of Western Ontario.   There I stayed with professor John Dool– who teaches systemic theology at St. Peter’s Seminary–and his wife Pat, who made a great cake for me!  It was gooooooooood.  I really enjoyed hearing what a Phd in religious studies had to say about the film and the shift happening in Christianity in the last couple years.

Next I had the chance to visit Mike Wagenman, a Chaplain at UWO and along with John, one of five groups in London who pitched in to host & promote The Ordinary Radicals at the theater on campus.  We hung out all day and had a great time talking movies, social justice and meeting students excited about all that seems to be happening in small ways (with great love of course).

More than 200 excited folks came out to the screening, which could not have happened without the fine work of James Waite-the Coordinator for Western Film.  It’s nice to hop from place to place like this and talk shop with a fellow film nerd.

Follow that up with nearly three hours of questions at the college pub’s back room with about 60 eager folks!  It was a blast.  Thanks so much to Theology on Tap, UWO, and the other great supporting groups that made this fantastic screening possible.

Screening: London, Ontario – The Ordinary Radicals

1. Daryl, November 17, 2008:

   Sad to leave early from the Theology on Tap discussion. I was the dumb Canadian in shorts on a cold winter day. Enjoyed the discussion and hope all the best for Jamie and the film. Sorry for stealing all your nacho’s!