Praying for change

I’m ready for change. So, beginning tomorrow, I’m going to pray to that end.


I’m ready for change. So, beginning tomorrow, I’m going to pray to that end.

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…

Sabbath. Do you take one? That was the topic of conversation around the staff meeting table this morning. I brought a book I picked up this weekend called, Sabbath by Dan Allender. It’s part of the Ancient Practices series of books edited by Phyllis Tickle. Allender writes, “We live in a dark day, but it…

Yesterday marked the conclusion of life on Mulock Road for our family. And, since as of last week we still had things to move out of the house, it meant that our family spent Thanksgiving weekend packing and cleaning. Can you believe we lived in that house for more than 10 years? I still remember…

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I turned the final page of my fourth Peterson book yesterday. Practice Resurrection has been my favorite of the 5 volume series. It’s a commentary on the book of Ephesians but it’s really a wake up call for the 21st century North American church. I’m toying with the idea of making it required reading for…

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. I arrived and departed from Elmira Tim Hortons at around 10:30pm. It’s normally close to an hour to home from that point. That night it took us two hours….