Coming this Sunday…

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 stumbled on a column written by the managing editor of Southern Grey county’s finest newspaper, “The Post”. She wrote a “how-to-understand-what-women-are-really-saying” guide for guys. I wrote a letter of response and it was published in today’s newspaper. Click here to read it.

One of the most important seasons in the life of a church takes place during pastoral transition.  Roger Nicholson’s helpful book, Temporary Shepherds: A Congregational Handbook for Interim Ministry provides and excellent overview of the important tasks congregations should implement on their way from pastoral departure to calling a new leader. Here’s a summary of…

My epic journey at Hanover Missionary Church has finally come to an end. What started out as a temporary, part-time, position as Director of Worship and Creative Arts in 2006 morphed into the full-time Chief Servant role.  Standing on the shoulders of giants I’ve been blessed. Thinking back just over a week ago to my…

Since my spiritual formation class is so large (53 students) I’ve divided the class into groups so they can help each other. Each group will meet weekly at the end of class.  All semester, they will blog about their faith journeys. I’m hoping students will challenge one another to practice what they learn in class, especially…