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Tomorrow is my wife’s 30th birthday.


Tomorrow is my wife’s 30th birthday.

An older, church-going friend of mine has been bugging me to get my hands on a copy of The Shack for months. So, I finally set some time aside and read it this week. Although I would have taken a slightly different angle, William Young illuminated some of life’s greatest mysteries–from horrendous human loss to…

I’m preaching this Sunday morning. The theme is the church’s role in nurturing faith at home. I’ll be talking about next generation faith. The church can stunt the faith of the emerging generation if young people are not encouraged to leave “home” one day. Jesus did it to the disciples when he sent out 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…

Gener8 is now over and it was a powerful experience for me. I was privileged to be in on the ground level of something God is doing across Canada. 24 young leaders were divided into small groups to listen to each other’s stories. I was amazed as our leader intuitively and prophetically called out dreams and obstacles to our…

I love the Hanover winters. We’ve been without internet since Wednesday. I think our wireless receiver got iced up. Thankfully a technician came out this morning. While he was working on getting us online, a Purolator package arrived for Erika. The delivery guy made an attempt at our driveway. He almost made it to the…

This evening I went on a date. Erika (my wife) had other plans so I asked her if I could ask another woman. She agreed. My companion was beautiful and charming. We talked about her best friend, dating, and our favorite foods. And before I knew it I told her I loved her. Maybe it’s…