I wrote this for our church website a few months ago:
I spent most of my day in in my head, in isolation, finalizing the course syllabi for my winter ’09 courses (Spiritual Formation and Worship Leadership). If you’re interested, you can access them here. While I sat at my computer, some guys from my small group spent the day cutting firewood. Out of the blue, they dropped off…
This past Sunday people in our three church services heard some big news. First, our interim lead pastor announced his June 30th retirement from pastoral ministry. He has been ministering at HMC for 19 years. Second, our ministry council chairperson announced that I will be assuming the position of interim lead pastor effective March 1st….
I think laziness and workaholism are two sides of the same coin. Both are equally dangerous. Slothfulness is a lifestyle of perpetual leisure and rest. Those who engage in it don’t have time for work because they are too busy taking life easy. Workaholics are compulsive in accomplishing tasks. Their days are spent ‘doing’ something,…
I listened to a Carey Nieuwhof podcast today. He interviewed an entrepreneur named Jared Hogue. Jared uttered five small words that moved me: Just Start and Stay Faithful. This blog post is the fruit of that statement. So, if anyone is out there. And interested. This is my start. Pray that I stay faithful. Here’s…
I’m finally finished. I set a goal for myself back a year or two ago to read through Eugene Peterson’s 5 volume spiritual theology series. Tonight I turned the last page in my final book, Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places. If you know anything about the series you’ll know that this book is actually…
A couple of weeks ago I talked about Christ-centred differentiation in a sermon. It’s a hard but crucial concept to understand. In fact, it’s one of the most important concepts I’ve ever learned. And no one does a better job of describing it than Edwin Friedman. Here’s how he defines it: Differentiation means the capacity…