Tonight I’m dusting off my hockey gear and lacing up the skates for the first time in a few years.
My semester of teaching in the classroom ended a few weeks ago. However, my work continues. I still have stacks of papers to mark. Tonight I finally finished reading and grading the final blog posts from my spiritual formation class. If your wondering how blogging fits into a college course on spiritual formation, here’s a…
Bad news. My Christian Worship through the Centuries class was supposed to spend Friday morning at Christ the Saviour Antiochian Orthodox church in Waterloo. The priest was going to spend some time filling us in about the liturgy and worship practices of the ancient Eastern church. Unfortunately, the he landed some last minute hockey tickets…
I’m only three days into my new ministry role and I’m starting to wonder why church leadership looks a lot more like a wrestling match (where the goal is forcing others into submission) rather than the stuff Jesus talked about (for example, loving God and loving our neighbours)? I don’t think we should stop using…
It’s the start of a New Year so, once again, the Mills family set some goals. While I don’t want to give away any of my clan’s ambitious ideas, I will enlighten you with a few of my own. In no particular order: Learn biblical Hebrew. I learned Greek but never took a Hebrew course….
I got back from Leadership Summit 2009 on Friday night. It was a 2 day simulcast that our staff team attended in St. Catharines. Here are some highlights from the presenters: In regards to hiring staff… -Don’t hire in a great state of need since candidates can get idealized -First impressions are frequently wrong -Look…
Our team has some big ideas. Find out this Sunday at HMC.