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Dying spruce trees: we’ve got a few of them at our house. I think it’s either a disease or lack of sunlight that’s causing them to shed their needles from the bottom up. Either way, it makes for a sad looking tree and and even sadder looking landscape. Trees, meet chainsaw. The ones covered with…

Soon you will be able to download Hanover Missionary Church sermons directly to your iPod. That’s right folks. You can have our weekly teachings automatically show up in your itunes account, whether you want to hear them or not. My good friend Luke is working night and day to get this new feature up and…

My family spent our labour day in Owen Sound hanging out with longtime friends. While we were waiting to eat, I chatted with someone who was part of the Owen Sound church I pastored. After some informal chit-chat, she made a bold statement. She said, “You were way ahead of your time. You saw things…

Currently, I’ve got a couple of Eugene Peterson books on my reading list.  The other day, while reading, The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the art of spiritual direction, I was convicted. He writes: “But the word busy is the symptom not of commitment but of betrayal.  It is not devotion but defection.  The adjective busy set as…

When I’m functioning at my best I trust my gut. That means having a sense about something that others might not understand. It’s helpful when I’m in places where I have to make choices. By far, the most difficult context of gut-wrenching and gut-testing, is in the wilderness. I’ve spent my fair share of time…

Welcome to all who have taken up the challenge to study and meditate upon Matt. 5. I’m looking forward to the journey. I read through Matt. 5:1-12 a couple of times.  Then I picked up a book by Dallas Willard called, The Divine Conspiracy.  A large part of his book is devoted to the Sermon on…