Domestic lesson #2: When the cat stays outside
Our cat lives outside. Except for the winter when she sleeps in the garage.


Our cat lives outside. Except for the winter when she sleeps in the garage.


“Change takes place when people relax and start conversing with each other.” One of my colleagues made that statement in a sermon this past Sunday. If that’s the case, and I believe it is, then why do we make such a big deal out of the Sunday morning show? Last I checked, I didn’t have very…

Soon you will be able to download Hanover Missionary Church sermons directly to your iPod. That’s right folks. You can have our weekly teachings automatically show up in your itunes account, whether you want to hear them or not. My good friend Luke is working night and day to get this new feature up and…

I’ve had some great opportunities to get to know some new friends in transitional ministry. One of those friends invited me to join a network of Southern and Southwestern Ontario Christian and Missionary Alliance Church pastors. Since the EMCC and C&MA have a Memorandum of Understanding–allowing pastors from both denominations to move easily between the…

For those who don’t follow my wife’s blog, you may not know our big news: we’ve decided to homeschool. In typical ‘Jason & Erika style’, we made a snap decision last week. It came after years of conversation about whether the public system was an ideal learning environment for our children. Last week, we knew…

My annual staff review/evaluation is coming up on Tuesday. In past years, I’ve answered a questionnaire about how well I was doing according to my ministry (job) description. Things are different this year. Since we’re in a transition as a church, our interim lead pastor has asked us to answer questions like, “What’s your primary…

Erika and I are sharing “Ten lessons in ten years” with the 55+ group at our church tomorrow. We’ll be telling stories from the first decade of our life together. Here’s #3: Don’t wait for the perfect time. The first few verses of Ecclesiastes 11 talk about not waiting until the right circumstances before planting,…