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Greg's Bibliography

Published Articles

"Highest peak."
The Anchor. Issue #2, May, 1979. p. 3.
The first in an intended series about different geographic features on Keats Island, written for the newsletter of Keats Camps.
"First Baptist Vancouver celebrates centennial."
Atlantic Baptist. Volume 23, Number 3, March, 1987. pp. 34-35.
Item on the centennial of First Baptist Church, Vancouver, published in the monthly magazine of the United Baptist Convention of the Atlantic Provinces.
"First Baptist marks centennial, touches many parts of city life."
ChristianWeek. September 22, 1987. p. 14.
Item on the centennial of First Baptist Church, Vancouver, published in a national monthly Christian newspaper.
"'Televangelism' – computer style."
Christian Info. October 4, 1987. p. 5.
Item on using electronic communications in evangelism, published in a local monthly Christian newspaper (since renamed to BC Christian News.)
"Increasing interest with computers in the church."
First Contact. June, 1988. p. 3.
Item on computers in the church, published in the monthly newsletter of First Baptist Church, Vancouver.
"Dvorak an alternative to QWERTY blues."
Input. July, 1988. pp. 1, 31.
Article on the Dvorak keyboard layout, published in a free monthly computer newspaper distributed out of Edmonton.
"Ooooopps! What care card?"
First Contact. October, 1988. p. 1.
Item on filling in "care cards."
"Desktop publishing in the church? Cost analysis."
Church Bytes. June 1, 1989. p. 9.
Article on the use of desktop publishing in the church from CAMsoc Update, reprinted in a newsletter on computing in the church (since renamed Scroll.)
"Why not to trust 'customer service.'"
Input. July, 1989. pp. 9, 22.
Discussion of the poor service for a popular accounting package.
"File compression saves space."
Input. February-March, 1989. pp. 8, 10.
Article on the use of file compression for transmitting and backing up data.
"Program looks up Canadian postal codes."
Input. November, 1989. p. 5.
Review of Promark Software's Postlink postal verification utility, reprinted from CAMsoc Update.
"New Suzy information system is easy to use."
Input. June, 1990. pp. 9, 18.
Announcement of a new online communications service based in Burnaby.
"GEM brings Mac feel to lowly PC, XT."
Input. July, 1990. pp. 9, 23.
Review of Digital Research's GEM Desktop graphical user interface for MS-DOS.
"PKZIP and LHarc both have pro's and con's."
Input. August-September, 1990. pp. 13, 24, 25.
More detailed comparative review of file compression utilities for MS-DOS.
"Who killed SUZY Rabbit?"
Input. November-December, 1991. pp. 12, 13.
Discussion of the reasons for the demise of an online communications service based in Burnaby.
"CAMCON: computers in ministry."
Christian Info News. July 9, 1989. p. 16.
Report on the fourth Computer Applications and Ministry Conference from CAMsoc Update, reprinted in a local monthly Christian newspaper (since renamed to BC Christian News.)
"Reflections."
Comox District Free Press. January 10, 1992. p. A2
One of my essays, reprinted in the local paper by the local ministerial association, while I was interim pastor in Comox.
"Reflections."
Comox District Free Press. February 14, 1992.
Another one of my essays.
"New kinds of nets."
The Canadian Baptist. Volume 141, Number 6, June, 1995. pp. 24-26.
An article on electronic communications adapted from content in the Christian Telecommunications Toolkit, published in a magazine published by the Baptist Convention of Ontario & Quebec and the Baptist Union of Western Canada.
"Light & life in Croatia – a volunteer's-eye view."
The Canadian Baptist. Volume 142, Number 8, October, 1996. pp. 8-13.
The first in a series of four articles adapted from my prayer letters posted in the CBV-CROATIA mailing list.
"A bit of a shock."
The Canadian Baptist. Volume 142, Number 9, November, 1996. p. 19.
The second in a series of four articles adapted from my prayer letters posted in the CBV-CROATIA mailing list.
"Different routes to Christ."
The Canadian Baptist. Volume 142, Number 10, December, 1996. p. 12.
The third in a series of four articles adapted from my prayer letters posted in the CBV-CROATIA mailing list.
"Setting a pigeon among the cats."
The Canadian Baptist. Volume 143, Number 1, October, 1996. p. 7.
The last in a series of four articles adapted from my prayer letters posted in the CBV-CROATIA mailing list.
"Shining like stars."
A Season for Service. Fall, 1997. p. 7.
One of my prayer letters from the CBV-CROATIA mailing list, reprinted in Canadian Baptist Volunteers' annual newsletter.
"Temptations of techno-volunteers."
Scroll. Volume 15, Number 1, February/March, 1999. pp. 7-8.
Article discussing the tendency of "techie" volunteers to remake a computer in the image of their own, rather than actually helping the people who use it, published in a computer magazine (formerly called Church Bytes) published by Deerhaven Press.
"Emphasizing the Golden Rule, not guns and bunkers."
Scroll. Volume 15, Number 2, April/May, 1999. pp. 21, 27.
Review of Shaunti Christine Feldhahn's book Y2K: The Millennium Bug.
"No Geek-Speak: not for net novices."
BC Christian News. Volume 19, Number 1, January, 1999. p. 19.
Review of Mike Wendland's book The Complete 'No Geek-Speak' Guide to the Internet.
"For volunteers – from a veteran."
BC Christian News. Volume 19, Number 1, January, 1999. p. S15.
Review of Martha VanCise's book Successful Mission Teams.
"Christ and the computer culture."
Scroll. Volume 15, Number 3, June/July, 1999. pp. 15, 30.
Review of David Lochhead's book Shifting Realities.
"A refreshing eMinistry to the 'Net Generation.'"
BC Christian News. Volume 23, Number 9,September, 2003. p. 27.
Review of Andrew Careaga's books eMinistry and Hooked on the Net.
"Penguins of Shanana."
BCSFAzine. Volume 32, Number 6, June, 2004. pp. 19-20.
Joke review of an imaginary book, published in the monthly newsletter of the B.C. Science Fiction Association.

Editing Experience

The Areopagus.
(1985-1986) Weekly newsletter of the Acadia Divinity Students Association.
CAMsoc Update
(in print: 1988-1989, online: 1995-present) Newsletter of the Computer Aided Ministry Society.

Webmaster Experience

Current Web Sites

Confessions of a Wirehead
My personal web site.
Computer Aided Ministry Society
A Christian computer users group.
CAMsoc Update
CAMsoc's monthly newsletter, available as a webzine.
Christian Telecommunications Toolkit
CAMsoc's oldest web project: a resource to help Christians to use electronic communications more effectively.
Computer Re-use Optimisation Project
A project to encourage the practice of re-using computers by donating them to charity.
Christian Fandom
I helped to redesign and update this web site discussing the relationship of Christianity to science fiction and fantasy.

Previous Web Sites

(Accessible through the Internet Archive.)

Canadian Baptist Volunteers
The short-term program of Canadian Baptist Ministries.
ConSecration I
A Christian science fiction convention.
VCON
The Vancouver area science fiction convention.