Don Cherry did it again — he said something controversial and off-colour. Only this time, his comments reached far and wide and well outside ‘hockey-nation.’ This isn’t really a typical blog topic for me, but the concept of ‘free speech’ is definitely present in this conversation and that topic continues to be connected to faith as well.

I had a professor in Seminary who claimed to once pastor Don Cherry in his congregation. I have no reason to think he didn’t, as he used to share how Don Cherry would pick apart his sermons in typical hockey-commentary fashion after each service he attended.
So, in Cherry’s honour, let me give you three points to consider regarding the Don Cherry chaos: