Found Days

Last night our family went on a one night camping extravaganza with some families from our former church in Owen Sound.


Last night our family went on a one night camping extravaganza with some families from our former church in Owen Sound.
I spent the morning with our pastoral team. It was our first focused planning session since last spring. We looked at our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. It was an interesting exercise. I think we’re still in the transition phase. We’re near the end but we’re not quite through it. Between 2008 and 2013…

I’ve been thinking a lot about the resurrection these days. It’s partly because it’s the Easter season and partly because I’m preaching on the resurrection this Sunday. As a preparatory exercise I’ve been asking various people what they think ‘resurrection’ means. The responses have been all over the map. Not only is there confusion about…

Church conflict. It’s something every pastor and congregational leader experiences and should know how to handle. Unfortunately, most church authorities avoid or ignore it. During leadership transitions conflict surfaces. Sometimes it’s subtle; other times it’s explosive. It can happen in an all-of-a-sudden explosion; or it can ooze out slowly after years of bubbling beneath the…

Our cat lives outside. Except for the winter when she sleeps in the garage. But lately, even when the sun is shining and the thermometer is above freezing, Tiger is coming in the house. Maybe it’s because our daughter adores her. Or maybe it’s because we take pity on her for having to sit outside…

Leadership rises and falls on relationship. Nowhere is that more true than at home. Tonight, after supper, I walked upstairs to change my clothes. Close behind I heard the thumping feet of my five-year-old boy. He was following me. While I slipped on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt he hopped up on our…
Since when has worship become so dependent on technology? Luke and I recently mounted a new widescreen video projector in the church sanctuary. As with anything “do-it-yourself” project, there were some minor glitches. For example we had to adjust the mounted projector to fill the screen, we had to do some signal checks from different…