Yesterday I preached my “relevant church” message. Thanks to those of you who responded to my last blog post (by posting or by emailing me directly). It shaped what I said. Thanks also to those of you who emailed me or chatted with me after the morning service. Some liked it, some didn’t. Sermon enjoyment…
We retreated this week. That’s right, our pastoral team waved goodbye to our families and our offices for 2 days in order to spend time in Stayner, ON. While away we set goals, bounced around ideas for congregational discipleship, and we even had time for a late night game of euchre. But my most significant…
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…
I’m getting ready for our coffeehouse gathering in Walkerton tonight. One of the discussion items is this clip from MLK. We’re going to be linking it back to Deuteronomy 34. It’s amazing what one courageous person can do when standing against injustice and inequality. Maybe I’ll see you at 7pm.
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…
I was feeling guilty about my lack of exercise. So, I went for a 4km run. When I got back Elijah had donned a pair of mismatched socks and was ready to go running with me. I figured he’d last a few minutes before abandoning his dream of running with dad. I was wrong. We…