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Newest Book by Dr. Gordon E. Carkner:

Dear Friends Old & New,

Greetings everyone. Thanks for showing interest in this campus community. Hope your life and work are going well. Welcome to UBC research and career development. Our family has just moved to a new house which will be great for student and faculty gatherings someday soon we hope. I have just finished a new book, Towards an Incarnational Spiritual Culture: Grounding our Identity in Christ. which is available on Amazon and at local bookstores: https://ubcgcu.org/coming-soon/.

Our theme in GCU is The Fully Integrated Life: Reflective, Purposeful and Christ-centered. We want to encourage each other in our studies, effective engagement with colleagues and personal growth. Together perhaps we can map out some of the key points of discussion with colleagues from various persuasions as they seek meaning, significance and relational wholeness. We ask you to watch out for people in your department who might be interested in spiritual and philosophical community, connection and dialogue. Whether you are here at UBC or reading from afar, we welcome your input and questions. We have a robust sense that good ideas and relational network prospects are in the cards this academic year..

Our next lecture is on March 13, 2024 a livestream with Abigail Favale on Gender Issues https://ubcgfcf.com.

We have found that practicing gratitude/thankfulness and noticing the signs of grace in our lives has been positive. Jesus gives us hope and purpose, clarity of thought and durability. He is our rock and foundation in shaky times, our light within and at the end of the tunnel. We sense a great need to pray for wisdom as we venture forward amidst all the uncertainties. I guess that is what faith is all about. We are crossing the desert of our times with a great God ahead of us.

“The will of God will not take you where the grace of God cannot sustain you.” (unknown author) 

All the Best, Gord & Ute Carkner

Email Gord at gcarkner@shaw.ca if you are new and would like to be added to our mailing list. We will also be posting talks and discussions on YouTube this year.

We are happy to meet for coffee safely to get to know you at a place convenient for you. If you have just arrived, perhaps we can help with orienting you to Vancouver.

Recommended Reflective Thought Talk by Neil Degrassi Tyson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANPSz97Olkg

Ask us about books on Apologetics and Spiritual Formation