On Further Reflection with Norm Allen

Norm Allen

For over 30 years Norm has directed Touchstone Ministries offering encouragement and teaching friendship in Christ among business, political and spiritual leaders. His mission has been to develop ever-expanding circle of friends who are committed first and foremost to love God with their whole heart, soul, mind and strength. He has been used to nurture a family of leaders whose desire is that their identity is in Christ and their leadership emerges from this.

  1. On Further Reflection-Celebrating A Community and Church Without Walls

    03/23/2023

    On Further Reflection-Celebrating A Community and Church Without Walls

    Welcome to another of our sporadic and intermittent “On Further Reflections with Norm Allen.” I’m Norm Allen and with me is ErInn Oxford, the executive director of The Dale Ministries. I’m excited to have Erinn with us today, because we’ve been friends for 12 years or something like that, and I have been friends with her husband Dion for longer - but we share ministry in the city, and ministry to people who have needs – I’m on one side of the street - and Erinn is working a different side of the street, with a different kind of person in her enclave in Parkdale.

    48 min
  2. On Further Reflection-Violence is the Sound Pain Makes

    02/22/2023

    On Further Reflection-Violence is the Sound Pain Makes

    Welcome to another of our occasional and sporadic video blogs. Today I’m delighted to have Stacey Campbell with me - CEO of Prison Fellowship Canada.

    43 min
  3. Sowing Seeds Of Peace In This Angry, Anxious And Grieving Time

    10/20/2021

    Sowing Seeds Of Peace In This Angry, Anxious And Grieving Time

    I’ve been thinking about the context in which we’re living at the moment, and the fear, anxiety and anger that seems to be part of our whole cultural experience. This is a conversation I shared with two people who are very close to me. Dr. Ken Derksen who is close to me - maybe because he’s my neighbour and my doctor. We share our journey in Christ together. He’s also a board member on one of the larger churches in our area. Heidi Allen is - has the misfortune for several decades to be my daughter. She’s a graduate of Western University in Music, a graduate of Regent College in Theological Studies, and has a degree now in Psychotherapy, so she has her own psychotherapy practice.

    54 min
  4. On Further Reflection - The Psalms As Stepping Stones from Darkness Part 2

    05/12/2021

    On Further Reflection - The Psalms As Stepping Stones from Darkness Part 2

    Today, my friend Mike Janzen – musical artist, writer and composer - and I are going to discuss his new two-volume Psalms project. It’s not just the Psalms project that is of interest, but also because it’s an expression of his journey out of darkness into light as part of his recovery from a concussion injury that he suffered 5 years ago.

    26 min
  5. On Further Reflection - The Psalms As Stepping Stones From Darkness With Mike Janzen (Part 1)

    04/29/2021

    On Further Reflection - The Psalms As Stepping Stones From Darkness With Mike Janzen (Part 1)

    Today, my friend Mike Janzen – musical artist, writer and composer - and I are going to discuss his new two-volume Psalms project. It’s not just the Psalms project that is of interest, but also because it’s an expression of his journey out of darkness into light as part of his recovery from a concussion injury that he suffered 5 years ago.

    42 min
  6. On This Journey Together With Hugh Brewster

    07/16/2020

    On This Journey Together With Hugh Brewster

    A conversation with Hugh Brewster

    44 min
  7. On Further Reflection - Jean Vanier Story

    04/29/2020

    On Further Reflection - Jean Vanier Story

    Well, hello there – it’s Norm Allen here with another of our sporadic “On Further Reflections with Norm Allen” series of podcasts and videos. Today, I’ve invited a close friend of mine of long, long-standing, Ron Nikkel, to engage in conversation about the news that we received back in the middle of February about the double-sided life that Jean Vanier had, and the L’Arche International movement had to pay for an agency to do an investigation of complaints against him about sexual misconduct with women that he had been in a counselling relationship with.

    39 min
  8. On Further Reflection - Transitions Conversation With Pekka Varvas

    03/09/2020

    On Further Reflection - Transitions Conversation With Pekka Varvas

    A conversation with a friend about transitions experienced on the journey

    40 min
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For over 30 years Norm has directed Touchstone Ministries offering encouragement and teaching friendship in Christ among business, political and spiritual leaders. His mission has been to develop ever-expanding circle of friends who are committed first and foremost to love God with their whole heart, soul, mind and strength. He has been used to nurture a family of leaders whose desire is that their identity is in Christ and their leadership emerges from this.

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