I don’t mind cold weather. Unless it causes our water pipe to freeze and burst.
Last night I spent my evening at our Walkerton coffeehouse. We discussed relativism and the lines that are often blurred between right and wrong. My group talked a lot about the differences between boundaries (or the lack thereof) set by parents today and those that were set by our parents, back in the day. Then…
Erika and I have been in Alberta since Tuesday. Our main purpose for the trip was to attend the Church Planting Congress. One of the most powerful moments came during a time of communion at the end. As the band was wrapping up their song one of my pastor friends from Alberta reached over and…
Last week I spent a couple of days on the campus of Canadian Mennonite University for a Christian Higher Education Canada gathering. The conference theme was “Calling and Vocational Christian Ministry: the Landscape is Changing.” Three presenters and three respondents spoke about three areas of interest: the phenomena of multi-vocational ministry, the rise of people…
In my last post I talked about conflict. Conflict’s best friend is change. And change should be posted on the sign outside every church in transition. Unfortunately, most churches bury conflict, avoid change and try to move through transition hastily, assuming the current trajectory is the ‘best’ one or the ‘right’ one. The reason can…
It’s 2010. And just so you know, it’s now pronounced twenty-ten, not two thousand and ten. Thanks for clarifying Luke. I don’t usually make New Year’s resolutions but I do set life goals. It started around ten years ago when Erika and I went through premarital counseling. The pastor invited us to dream about the…
Tomorrow is the conclusion of the Evangelical Missionary Church of Canada national assembly. That means I get to see my family after being away from them for 4 days straight. I’ve met a lot of great people and I’ve been inspired to follow Jesus. In a quiet moment I snuck away to my hotel room…