Domestic lesson #1: Water isn’t sauce

Tonight is our Life Group potluck night.


Tonight is our Life Group potluck night.

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…

I wonder what would happen if I treated my family like a congregation? 1. We’d align our couch and chairs in rows whenever we watched T.V. 2. If my kids wanted to talk to me, they’d have to make an appointment. 3. I’d make special ‘visits’ to my wife. She’d make tea and we would…

I’m ready for change. So, beginning tomorrow, I’m going to pray to that end. I’ve got some attitudes and ambitions that need to die. And I’ve got questions: questions about ideas that are in my head. Sometimes I see things that others might not; not “I-see-dead-people” kind of things but “what-could-the-future-look-like-if…” kind of things. Lately…
Lately I’ve been reading a provocative little book called Worship, Community and the Triune God of Grace by James B. Torrance. He is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the U. of Aberdeen, Scotland so it’s a bit denser than the chainsaw catalogue on our coffee table shelf. I was struck by his former prof’s ideas…

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….

A former student in my Owen Sound youth ministry recently queried me about knowing God’s will. He is finishing university and is thinking about going overseas. The possibility of entering a new culture is a huge decision and he’s not sure what to do. Here’s what I told him: 1. Ask God. It’s so obvious:…