Some inspiration, please

Tomorrow is the Canadian Federal Election.


Tomorrow is the Canadian Federal Election.
Today was my first day back in the office after my week of vacation. It was good to reconnect with the staff and get caught up on the latest HMC news. Here’s a newsworthy item: Tomorrow is the application deadline for a part-time bookkeeper (10hrs/week). So Mr. or Ms. bookkeeper. If you’re out there, stop…
I’ve been writing a Distance Education New Testament course since May. It’s August and I’m so close to being finished that I can almost taste it. Tonight Erika spent a much needed evening out with a friend. While she was sipping coffee, I was combing through a textbook looking for juicy test questions….

I’ve been invited to present a seminar at a missional church conference this weekend in Guelph. It’s being put on by the United Brethren Church in Canada. I spent the first twenty years of my life learning from the leaders and servants in that tribe. Needless to say, I’m feeling a bit sentimental. I’m co-presenting…

Where is God when disaster strikes? That’s one of the conversation topics we’ll be tackling at tonight’s coffeehouse gathering. The whole “you never know when things are going to turn bad” thing is a running theme these days at HMC. This morning we held all three of our services in the church shed. Normally the…

It feels strange watching my wife play our shooting gallery wii game while I edit this blog post. It feels even weirder knowing that she got a bronze medal and I didn’t. In other news, it was our daughter’s 8th birthday today. Erika spent it downstairs slaving away on business related work. I, on the…
Why do we invest so much time and energy on attracting people to Sunday morning church? Didn’t Jesus say “Go and make disciples….” rather than come to a religious service. I don’t really remember him advertising the local Sabbath service at the synagogue with cool newspaper ads and funny dramas. When I think about the…