Staff Evaluation time

My annual staff review/evaluation is coming up on Tuesday.


My annual staff review/evaluation is coming up on Tuesday.

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…

I receive a lot of “we’ve picked you” e-mails. For example, “you’ve been selected as a distinguished professional” or “congratulations, you have been chosen to receive a large sum of cash.” I know the tag lines so well that I don’t give the subject a second look before it gets permanently filed in my junk…

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.

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…

A couple of weeks ago I announced that I was going to start praying for change. What I didn’t say was that I invited the rest of our staff team to join with me. And since my invitation, we’ve met three times. We spend 1/2 hour talking openly about the transition and 1/2 hour praying…

Many of you know that I try to keep my Thursday afternoons reserved for non-church activities. So here’s a play-by-play of this afternoon. After playing a round of scream and run with my kids we rounded up insects for a science project. We started with some basic ones like a house fly and wood louse…