Snowy drive home

My final class of the semester wrapped up this past Monday evening. After the student groups presented their final projects, I began the snowy drive home.


My final class of the semester wrapped up this past Monday evening. After the student groups presented their final projects, I began the snowy drive home.

Recently, I’ve had a few of the hardest days of my year. At first I thought I was losing my mind: small comments seemed to irritate me, my heart felt strangely heavy, and I couldn’t focus on simple details. My counselor suggested that I might be experiencing the initial stages of burn out. So, I…
Tonight, Erika and I went to our first ever Murder Mystery fundraiser. It was organized to raise money for our community drop in center. Most of the people on the stage were folks from our church so it was a lot of fun. It was extra juicy because two of the actors were ministry council…

As I prepare to wrap up my ministry at Hanover Missionary Church I’ve been reflecting on moments, relationships, and things that make me smile. Here’s a small list of my favourite things about HMC: 10. My parking spot. Not the one I use on Sunday mornings. That’s the one at the very back corner. No,…

I’m finished the second book. A while ago I committed myself to reading Eugene Peterson’s colossal five volume spiritual theology series. Tonight I finished Tell it Slant: a conversation on the language of Jesus in his stories and prayers. Two pages from the end my mind flipped back to my weekend experience. Here’s what happened….
Elijah is my 3-year-old.

Strengths. We’ve all got ’em but few of us spend much time honing them. I suspect most of us spend our lives trying to achieve balance. I’ve committed my life to doing the opposite. I was reminded of this valuable insight from a sermon that Rick (HMC discipleship pastor) preached on Sunday. Why do we…